Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Brandon Graham pressures Terrelle Pryor
- Reason
- This is a high quality action photo that is high EV in its current uses.
- Articles this image appears in
- Brandon Graham (American football)
Mask
Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry
2009 Big Ten Conference football season
Terrelle Pryor
2008 Michigan Wolverines football team - Creator
- flickr user scott stuart
- Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:18, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose. Poor usage in mask where it has been shoehorned into the article and spoiled the flow of the article. And caption is nonsense, unless his eyes are in his mouth. --jjron (talk) 14:58, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
- Comment You are speaking about what you do not know. If Graham were not wearing the face mask Pryor's finger would likely slide up Graham's face and scratch or poke his eyes. Put your palm on your own chin and see where your fingers are, but be careful not to poke your eyes out. You will see why the face mask is protecting Graham's eyes. This is a tremendous action shot and this particular usage would be a great main image for a specific article on a Football helmet face mask.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:57, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
- P.S. I have also changed the word eyes to face in the WP:CAPTION.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:18, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm a blithering fool that knows nothing about sports. The fact that tens of thousands of Australians around me play full contact Australian rules football and rugby every week without wearing helmets or face-masks, and somehow avoid having their eyes poked out on regular basis means nothing. Come to think of it I used to play myself, and amazingly retain undamaged eyes! :-) --jjron (talk) 15:34, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
- The point is not that getting an eye poke is common. The point is that in this illustration, it would have happened without the facemask. Obviously he would have jammed his palm under the guys chin. Where do you think his fingers would be?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:59, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
- Even if they would not have been in his eyes, they would have been in the back of his throat if not for the face mask.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm a blithering fool that knows nothing about sports. The fact that tens of thousands of Australians around me play full contact Australian rules football and rugby every week without wearing helmets or face-masks, and somehow avoid having their eyes poked out on regular basis means nothing. Come to think of it I used to play myself, and amazingly retain undamaged eyes! :-) --jjron (talk) 15:34, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:32, 29 July 2010 (UTC)