Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ugandan Coat of Arms

Ugandan Coat of Arms

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Original – The coat of arms of the Republic of Uganda

Reason: I feel heraldry and vexillology is a underrepresented topic at FP.
Uganda, Religion in national symbols
FP category for this image: Diagrams, drawings, and maps
Creator: Sodacan

Support as nominator --QatarStarsLeague (talk) 16:46, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment That's way too many articles to list for anyone to make any sense of it. Please list the very top article this image has the most EV in, or two articles. More articles does not equal excellent EV, and can apparently sometimes diminish EV. But the image seems fine to me. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:38, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment AFAIK for the reasons of fair representation we don't feature modern emblems and flags - nearly all of them pass the size requirements and it's only a matter of personal taste rather than EV (but historical insignia are welcome). Brandmeister^talk 10:26, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It depends, surely. Generally speaking, I'd say we should go with a minimal-level-of-artistry criteria. Something like the Japanese, Swiss, or English flags (simple red and white designs) couldn't pass; something like this should, at least in theory, be eligible.

Now, whether we should promote it depends on a lot of things, such as fidelity and artistry of the reproduction. Although, in theory, coat of arms can be drawn a lot of different ways and still be valid, that also rather behoves us not to promote a reproduction unless it's particularly good. I'm not entirely convinced by the fur shading (particularly on the rear leg) of whatever the antelope-like creature on the left is (There's a lot of animals that look a bit like that). I'd also say this needs far better documentation - the full listout of the arms grant should be included in the image description. As such, I lean oppose, but am open to arguments for why the shading is valid, such as demonstrating it's how the stylization is near-inevitably realised. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:47, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support Per nominator. Also, good EV and excellent quality. ~~-- Homo trisapiens (talk)~~ 16:44, 3 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.130.136.126 (talk) [reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:09, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]