Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Salak

Salak edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jun 2015 at 03:43:49 (UTC)

Original – A salak pondoh fruit. Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree native to Java and Sumatra. The fruit is covered in brown skin with small scales, and is thus sometimes called "snakeskin fruit".

Reason: Good quality. We haven't had any fruit in a while.
Articles in which this image appears: Salak +1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator: — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:43, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Excellent quality photograph, good EV (for me anyway as I've never come across this fruit before!). SagaciousPhil - Chat 08:48, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Per Phil. (Wondering a little about the shadowing on the unpeeled fruit, though.) Sca (talk) 13:35, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- The dark spot in the middle? It's the seed. Fairly close to the surface. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:58, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - But I do think that the scale should be labelled on the image itself. Specifically "1 cm", which I believe is the form taken in most non-English countries anyway. You will see "1 cm" even in China. Mattximus (talk) 18:50, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- It may be common, but it's not universal. The Japanese film 5 Centimeters per Second, for instance, was written "秒速5センチメートル" in Kanji. Our article on centimetres in Arabic doesn't use the "CM" abbreviation. Since this is JPG, and the text is not as easily replaceable as in SVG, I decided to avoid using any numbers or text on the image itself. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:34, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Fair enough, I don't know much about Arabic, but I am eating a Japanese candy right now and the box is written entirely in Kanji, but all the units are in SI, including kcal and g. I'm almost certain they are all tought SI units in school. But you are right, I can't prove it's universal of course. Mattximus (talk) 02:44, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree that the units should be on the image. 86.183.129.64 (talk) 11:18, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since we're English WP, it would seem cm. should be used – if poss. Sca (talk) 15:18, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And the image is not meant solely for the English Wikipedia. Also, we've previously promoted images that didn't have a scale at all; would you rather I did that? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:36, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To YT an unlabeled scale poses more of a question than an answer. But whatever – it's your pic. (How about sending me a few salaks ... er, salaki?) Sca (talk) 15:44, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Which would only be a problem if the scale information wasn't in the information template. I don't know what the export laws are like. This blog post suggests nobody's importing them in the US — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:47, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, an unserved niche market. Here's your chance to make zillions! Sca (talk) 17:50, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's straightforward to work out what the scale indicates and, as Chris pointed out, it is included in the template, so I don't feel it's necessary. SagaciousPhil - Chat 15:51, 1 June 2015 (UTC) Clarify - I don't think it's necessary to include the units is what I meant to say ... SagaciousPhil - Chat 17:54, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it's at all straightforward to work it out. In fact, I think, with no legend, the "dual scale" is downright confusing. I can't envisage any situation, in any language context, where having the scale labelled "1 cm" would be worse than the present unabelled situation. And anyone with even the smallest graphical skills could replace the text if they really wanted to. 81.132.192.73 (talk) 13:53, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Then we agree to disagree. Particularly about the "smallest" graphical skills. I've seen some really bad stuff. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:17, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

... and as well as being confusing, the omission of a label on the scale also looks like an error or oversight rather than a deliberate choice. I don't think people would expect such an omission to be done on purpose because it seems so unhelpful. 81.132.192.73 (talk) 01:17, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support. A no-frills but quality macro photo, with good EV. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 19:32, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -Jobas (talk) 01:01, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Salak (Salacca zalacca), 2015-05-17.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:16, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]