Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Locomotive Steampunks

Locomotive Steampunks edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Apr 2011 at 12:14:08 (UTC)

Steampunk models on the Baldwin 60000 locomotive.

Reason: It's a very compelling photo, well composed, nice colours.
Articles in which this image appears: Steampunk
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Culture_and_lifestyle
Creator: KyleCassidy

Support as nominator --Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 12:14, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'd seen this image before, and thought it was already featured, actually. Professional image showing a culture I had no idea existed. No complaining about the resolution - there are no details that require higher resolution. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 18:37, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose At 732 pixels too small, I wish it were larger. Brandmeister t 19:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but this vote doesn't count, when the voter didn't read the rules. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 15:33, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment According to WP:WIAFP, "Still images should be a minimum of 1000 pixels in width or height; larger sizes are generally preferred". This one is 732 x 1100, so it qualifies. Rwxrwxrwx (talk) 19:56, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. I love this picture, and I have been close to nominating it before. I'm actually in contact with the author- he sends me photographs for Wikipedia from time to time. I could contact him and ask if he has a higher res shot, but this is the sort of size at which he normally releases images (see other FPs- File:Ego Likeness high res (Kyle Cassidy).jpg is a similar size, though File:Hera-photo-by-kyle-cassidy.jpg is a little larger). I'd imagine I'd give a full support if it was a little larger. J Milburn (talk) 00:30, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The resolution of the image is insufficient to display the details available (so yes, Adam, Meister's oppose is valid. Clearing the 1000px bar doesn't give immunity for quality criticisms). Areas where detail might be gained include the ornate outfits, the faces and to a lesser extent the boiler behind them. Cowtowner (talk) 13:39, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can't give a full-blown oppose for lack of resolution, when it's above the minimum! Aaadddaaammm (talk) 20:12, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Of course you can. Just because something happens to be above our (very low) minimum, does not mean that it is big enough to be suitable as a featured picture. A satellite photograph, a map, a reproduction of a large painting, a photo of a skyscraper... All of these could be above our minimum, but still far too small. I'm not saying that I believe this picture is far too small, I'm just saying that it's a potentially legitimate reason to oppose. J Milburn (talk) 22:48, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is it just me who thinks that a higher res would turn this image into borderline-erotica? Nergaal (talk) 14:44, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so, but I'd say this is even desirable :) Brandmeister t 19:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I could care less about the resolution as this is a fine image. ceranthor 03:13, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"couldn't", maybe? . Totally agree with you. I know higher resolution is better, but this image, IMOutspokenO it still reaches the FP level. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 16:43, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You may appreciate what David Mitchell has to say on the matter of "could care less"... J Milburn (talk) 20:29, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't seem to occur to him that "I could care less" is meant to be ironic. —Angr (talk) 06:29, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for insufficient EV. I don't see what two models posing in front of a steam locomotive have to do with a genre of fiction. Are they portraying specific characters from a specific work in the steampunk genre? Our article says "steampunk involves an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century and often Victorian era Britain—that incorporates prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy". In this image I see the steam power - but even so, represented by a locomotive from 1920s America, not Victorian-era Britain - but I don't see the prominent elements of science fiction or fantasy. I'm not even convinced the photo belongs in the article, let alone being a featured picture on the basis of its inclusion there. It's a bit as if someone used File:Saluzzo-Castello della Manta-mago.jpg to illustrate the article on the Harry Potter franchise. —Angr (talk) 12:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Must say I had much the same thoughts, and was left rather confused about steampunk. Then, after reading further into the article, it seemed to maybe fit with the Steampunk#Culture section (maybe). But I'm still not entirely sure about this, so withheld from voting. --jjron (talk) 16:13, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Maybe, but that section already has a featured picture illustrating it, and one that's more clearly relevant to the topic as the man depicted is a steampunk writer. —Angr (talk) 16:30, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:41, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]