Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel

Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) at Mount Rainier National Park, July 2006. Taken at or near Panorama Point on the Skyline Trail.

This image, by Diliff, is what a featured picture-quality photo of a squirrel should look like.

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Zoomed at 200%, the differences become much clearer.

Reason: Low-resolution, slightly out-of-focus, saturation is a bit off, I could go on, but I'll stop there. ♠ SG →Talk 04:31, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator: ♠ SG →Talk

Delist — ♠ SG →Talk 04:31, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I've added another image as an example of what a featured picture of a squirrel SHOULD look like. Compare the details of the nominated image to Diliff's. The former looks as if it was smudged to remove noise, while the latter has a much clearer sharpness to it. The problem isn't that it's blurry, the image lacks detail. ♠ SG →Talk 01:04, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delist TheOtherSiguy 00:43, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delist lack of focus and a somewhat un-illustrative pose do it for me. To end on a positive, I like that it is in its natural environment. Matt Deres 23:41, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It is very disappointing to again see that the creator of the image has not been notified of the delisting. Until this is done this nomination can not proceed further --Fir0002 08:29, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per my vote on the original nomination. --jjron 08:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Alvesgaspar 14:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I don't see too much wrong with it. IPchanges ^{the box} 20:45, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I nominated this photo and I still believe it's up to today's standards. And how can you delist such a cute animal? (BTW, I think we're getting very picky in Featured Pictures these days!)--Arad 01:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- That's because we are becoming more stringent in our standards of quality, which is a good thing. Originally, we had a lack of images (most notably, quality images), so we had to lower our standards so as to not repeat the same POTD more than once per year. As our membership has grown, so has the volume of our content. I should also point out that technological advancements in photography have lead to the further general improvement of all new images. ♠ SG →Talk 01:04, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I think this photo still meets today's standards --ZeWrestler ^Talk 02:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delist per nomination--Vircabutar 06:49, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delist At first I wasn't sure what to think. It is a cute little squirrel after all, and the problems aren't so glaring. But I don't think this would pass if it had to go through a FP candidacy again. So delist. But can we wait until round 3 at least? I want to see how this battle shapes up! :) Jeff Dahl 03:43, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Although David images are always the best in quality, I prefer the position of the squirrel in the first one. It shows more of the body. IMHO. Up to this day, I see it FP. I wouldn't give it strong support but it's still fine. Perhaps in a few years... --Arad 04:41, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Debivort 07:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delist I really like this one... but at 1MP I think we can expect a bit more. The difference is obvious in the crops, but even that isn't entirely fair, since Diliff's has twice the resolution. thegreen J Are you green? 00:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 07:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]