Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The lion of Egyptian revolution (Qasr al-Nil Bridge).jpg
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- Info created by Kodak Agfa - uploaded by The Egyptian Liberal - nominated by The Egyptian Liberal
- Support as I am the uploader and nominator ;-) -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 07:46, 24 June 2011 (UTC)please leave
- Oppose Interesting but lot of noise and unsharp--Citron (talk) 10:21, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose as before: very poor quality. Also please do not overwrite an existing nomination but make a new one when you want to renominate a previously failed nomination. W.S. 13:30, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
SupportThe picture is a symbolic reference to an important phase in the contemporary history of Egypt despite the technical issues. -Dyaa (talk)- First edit in Commons. W.S. 22:03, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Support Despite the technical issues it remains a very interesting picture. It represents two Egyptian symbols, the national flag and the mythological lion. I find it very beautiful how these two symbols are in a single shot. Azeri (talk) 12:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Support (I was neutrally asked to comment here). I like this photo for its simple composition of sky, statue, man and flag. It's very poetic and yet also realistic. My preference actually is for this version since it's more balanced with the sky rather than just focusing on the person. That makes it seem more epic to me. It could be a little sharper, but at that distance it's still well done. Ocaasi (talk) 12:40, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
- Neutral Despites the mentioned technical deficiencies that will probably not let it become a FP, this image carries a great historical value and would be an ideal candidate for the Valued images category! Hendric Stattmann (talk) 21:57, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
SupportA great photo that is a symbol of the Egyptian people (the man with the flag) and their solid courage (the lion) fighting tyranny and getting freedom. The photo could be cleaned up by Photoshop for better quality. Ahmad Shahin (talk) 05:07, 25 June 2011 (UTC)- Insufficient contribution in commons (9). W.S. 06:08, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Supportthe photo is...[speechless]. very piognant of the moment (could very well be the pic for the main arab world protests page). This is my first FP so im not sure of the criteria for it. As the technical peeps have their reasons, for which im unsure what is needed, for saying the pic maybe deficient. but in terms of the value of the image im certainly supporting.Lihaas (talk) 08:27, 25 June 2011 (UTC)- Insufficient contribution in commons (7). W.S. 09:29, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose Noise, sharpless flag, crop. --Mile (talk) 10:46, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Support- I like the photo. It would have been nicer if more of the lion was shown. --Osa osa 5 (talk) 21:09, 25 June 2011 (UTC)- First edit in Commons. W.S. 23:38, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- Support Even though its quality is not great, what it symbolizes is of importance in the Egyptian history. I'm all for quality, but it shouldn't be that big of a problem here. A elalaily (talk) 22:32, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
Support- Lovely photo. --Smart30 (talk) 10:57, 27 June 2011 (UTC)- Not enough edits in Commons (2). W.S. 11:26, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose I think this is better than the original nomination in terms of composition, but the crop is massive and it looks like you lost a lot of potential information compared to if the current composition had been the actual frame shot in the camera. I also think it still looks too staged and it's not as sharp and crisp (naturally) as it could be, simply because it started off as such a small area of the frame. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 12:22, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Support Photo shows great symbolism at a very important time in Egyptian history. The technical issues are part of the charm, as an example of everyone's participation and using whatever resources are available to make a difference in the world. USchick (talk) 21:09, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Not enough edits in Commons yet, sorry. W.S. 18:09, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Should be enough now, please recalculate. Thanks. USchick (talk) 21:09, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
Supportasked to comment on this and I have to say that it reminds me somewhat of the "Tank Man" picture...Lilly granger (talk) 16:18, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
- Don't bother responding to the canvassing, your accounts are too young anyway. W.S. 18:05, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
SupportPicture is symbolic and the technical issues doesn't exactly "ruin" the picture. Essam Sharaf (talk) 23:00, 27 June 2011 (UTC)- Not enough edits in Commons, sorry. W.S. 05:58, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
- Support -- MartinD (talk) 20:10, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
- Support -- Per Azeri and Ocaasi. I also think that the uncropped version would be better. --Sherif9282 (talk) 04:26, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Comment Striking shot that is quite emblematic of the Egyptian revolution, and I agree that a less-cropped version is preferable, to show more of the wild blue yonder surrounding this action. The lion, symbol of a king in Egypt, is surmounted by a young anonymous citizen protester in blue jeans, who holds the flag of his country above all. And the whole revolution was staged, if by staged you mean noncombatants, after some planning and organization, showing up in public squares with banners and flags so that their demonstrations of civil disobedience would be noticed by the powers that be (that were), and by the cameras of the world. If you mean literally whether this shot was contrived or taken out of context, the other shots in the Photostream it comes from indicate otherwise. Abrazame (talk) 07:07, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose Tomer T (talk) 11:18, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Oppose -- Despite the historical value and because of poor image quality. Canvassing doesn't help either. Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:26, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Support Significant historical value. Technical imperfections are less important than having images that are of historical and educational value. And, no, I haven't been canvassed. —Tom Morris (talk) 23:42, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Comment FPC is not a forum to make a political point by trying to rally people to support a substandard photograph. There are other places for that kind of nationalism (Only judging the FPC process here, not the events). Commons is not a place to endorse political (r)evolution by putting this kind of images on the front page. FPC of national flags (with much better quality, BTW) have been shunned for similar reason in the past. W.S. 07:15, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Comment I didnt rally anyone to support the image nor it's a matter of nationalism; All I did was ask people on wikipedia english to give their opinion(s) about the image. you can check each of their talk pages on wikipedia if you dont believe. I would also like to point out that the majority of the people that commented here are not Egyptian, rather from different backwards and political ideologies. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 08:01, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- I have not checked where the canvassing was done or who did it, but it is very apparent. I'm not talking about the people that did the canvassing neither but about the principle. W.S. 09:45, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- You call twenty of your friends on wikipedia english, you really think they will have an objective look at your work?--Citron (talk) 10:39, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- I actually asked people who worked the main main article to comment. and Yes, they remain objective no matter what. Now, If you are going to accuse me of canvassing anyone, please show evidences or put a cork in it. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
- No one is making wild acccusations, as the notifications you have made are technically cavassing. In my opinion, this would have been appropriate in WP:FPC, because pictures are assessed there in terms of specific encyclopaedic value. But not in Commons because we evaluate pictures in much broader terms, with a special focus on technical excellence. Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:09, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
- I actually asked people who worked the main main article to comment. and Yes, they remain objective no matter what. Now, If you are going to accuse me of canvassing anyone, please show evidences or put a cork in it. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
- You call twenty of your friends on wikipedia english, you really think they will have an objective look at your work?--Citron (talk) 10:39, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- I have not checked where the canvassing was done or who did it, but it is very apparent. I'm not talking about the people that did the canvassing neither but about the principle. W.S. 09:45, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Comment I didnt rally anyone to support the image nor it's a matter of nationalism; All I did was ask people on wikipedia english to give their opinion(s) about the image. you can check each of their talk pages on wikipedia if you dont believe. I would also like to point out that the majority of the people that commented here are not Egyptian, rather from different backwards and political ideologies. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 08:01, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Please do not vote when your account is less than 10 days old. Thank you. (comments are allowed)
- Oh? So we're still using rules that we've voted against? Well, maybe this image just needs to be renominated in a week. >=) </spite> -- One, please. ( Thank you.) 00:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 6 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)