Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/April-2010

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Original - After paralysing the fly with the sting, a sand wasp (Bembix oculata) is sucking its internal fluids using a beak-like extension of the mouth-parts. The fly won't survive the experience.
Reason
Difficult and uncommon shot. The relative rarity mitigates the less-than-optimal quality
Articles this image appears in
Wasp
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)

Promoted File:Wasp August 2007-23.jpg --Elekhh (talk) 04:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


 
Original - Nicolas Sarkozy President of the Republic of France since 16 May 2007
Reason
Good quality image well illustrating the subject. Used in four articles.
Articles this image appears in
President of France, Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, French presidential election, 2012, Parties in the European Council
Creator
א ((Aleph))

Not promoted --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 08:21, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]



 
Original - Paricutin erupts in 1943. Almost luminescent lava streams out of the wide caldera and flows down the flanks of the volcano.
Reason
Spectacular shot of the world's most famous cinder cone volcano. Highly encyclopedic, if of poor quality.
Articles this image appears in
Parícutin
Creator
R.E. Wilcox (USGS)

Promoted File:Paricutin 30 613.jpg --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 08:43, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Valued pictures was a project to highlight images that add significant value to Wikipedia articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or by being a hard to obtain free use image of the content being illustrated. Per the consensus on Miscellany for Deletion, this project has been shut down.

This is not to be confused with Valued Images on Commons.

 
Edit 1 - Petit Piton, seen from the Piton Mitan Ridge
Reason
Has illustrated the article Petit Piton and others for more than 2 years, still the best picture of this mountain that we have
Articles this image appears in
Petit Piton, Pitons, Saint Lucia, Tourism in Saint Lucia
Creator
Jayen466

Promoted File:PetitPiton.JPG --Elekhh (talk) 06:56, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


 
Original - The canal-side façade of the former Opekta building on the Prinsengracht canal. Anne Frank's hiding place was at the rear, in an enclosed courtyard.
Reason
Very good quality image of an important historic place. Appears in three key articles (with a total of over 300,000 views this month). Has been recognised as quality image on commons, however failed FPC on diverse grounds.
Articles this image appears in
Anne Frank House, Anne Frank, Amsterdam
Creator
Massimo Catarinella

Not promoted No support in nearly three months. --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 02:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]



 
Original - An image from the first production of Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff, printed very soon after the premiêre, - the opera premièred on the 9th, this was published on the 18th - in a London Newspaper. When you figure in transport times, and how long it takes to prepare a woodblock engraving, that means this was exceptionally rushed, and it shows in some major flaws - note the beam on the far right that cuts off mid-air, and the funny scratches on the left side, near the top. This'll be an interesting restoration as it moves into its final cleanup, and I have to decide what to fix and what to leave alone, because, judging by intent, a lot of this should go, but I don't want to remove all signs of the rush job. What I'll probably do is remove the misalignments between the woodblocks - which was the fault of the printers, not the artist - clean up the over-inking/bleed through, and then think long and hard before going any further. However, that's going to take a while: This is a very big, high-quality image, from my personal collection, and it'll take quite a lot of time just to fix the over-inking and bleed-through.
Reason
An image of the original production of a major opera, and one of the very few images we have that can be described that way. I intend to push this up to featured picture, but... I've put about 100 hours into this, it's going to need at least that again... That's not going to be soon.
Articles this image appears in
Falstaff (opera), The Merry Wives of Windsor. [Could reasonably be added to the main page on Verdi, but has been stable on those pages for nearly a year]
Creator
Ettore Tito

Promoted File:Ettore Tito -The Production of Verdi's Falstaff at Milan - Falstaff Concealed in the Buck-Basket in Ford's House.jpg --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 02:28, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


 
Original - Two cars are involved in a side collision at an intersection in Tokyo, Japan (derivative image, with blurred plates)
Reason
Highly educative. Has been a Selected Picture on the Japan Portal and featured at commons, however failed two FP nominations 1, 2.
Articles this image appears in
Side collision, Traffic collision
Creator
Flickr user Shuets Udono

Promoted File:Japanese car accident blur.jpg --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 02:38, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


 
Original - Bronze sculpture in Calne celebrating the town's best-known industry
Reason
Nice picture, well illustrating the article it appears in. It has a pleasant colour scheme and the light emphasises the material of the sculpture. At a previous failed FPC nomination it has been suggested it should be nominated as a VP.
Articles this image appears in
Calne
Creator
Rodhullandemu

Not promoted No quorum in ~3 months. --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 02:47, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


 
Original - A female Culiseta longiareolata, one of the largest species of mosquitos. Notice the needle-like mouthpiece, used to draw blood from mammals.
Reason
A clear depiction of a biting mosquito, showing the needle-like mouthpiece used to draw blood. Used in many different projects
Articles this image appears in
Mosquito, Culiseta longiareolata, Culiseta
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)
But it is not so prominent. Anyway: my vote still a support.--Redtigerxyz Talk 09:12, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mosquito 2007-2.jpg --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 02:50, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


 
Original - the Dreamcast, Sega's last home console, witha life span of 1998-2001
 
Alt1: Replaced the previous one in 3 of 4 articles on 19-20 December 2009.
Reason
Nice resoultion and the picture has been quoted as "Nice, crisp, and good composition. Exceptional lighting and no non-free logos visible on the game." Also, the picture has been selected as a featured picture by Portal:Video games.
Articles this image appears in
Sega, Dreamcast, History of video game consoles (sixth generation), History of the Dreamcast
Creator
Asim18
Support.--Pedro J. the rookie 11:04, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Closing: This nomination has been active for over a third of a year, and I've read it three times in the last few weeks with a thought towards closing it. With no comments since 8 March, it is apparent this is all the input it is likely to get- most of the commenters from last year are liable to have forgotten about it. Rather than let this sit indefinitely, I'm going to explicitly invoke IAR and close this. As of this moment, the original image is not used in any articles, making it ineligible for promotion. For those who commented after the replacement, the numerical vote count is four to one- a sufficient quorum to promote had that been the only discussion. Among those who did not return to the debate, there was unanimous support- I believe ZooFari's support of Feature Picture status for the original can be read as, if not support for VP, at least no opposition to promoting this here, as current Valued Pictures can always be nominated over at Featured Pictures Candidates. Reading this discussion as a whole, I'm closing as consensus to promote ALT1.

Promoted File:Sega-dreamcast-set.png --Bradjamesbrown (talk) 03:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


 
Original - Beaver dam in Algonquin park, Canada
Reason
Leading image in the article for a while.
Articles this image appears in
beaver dam
Creator
Franklin


Promoted File:AlgonquinBeaverDam.JPG --Elekhh (talk) 01:50, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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