Oppose - good composition and lighting but resolution is seriously lacking. To do all the details justice, I'd expect at least 3x pixels in both dimensions. MER-C09:33, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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One of the few surviving films by James Young Deer, this is also one of the earliest films acted by Native Americans. This has high EV to its article and is in the public domain. Overall a very historical example of early film making.
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The alternative was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously. However I think the original has more EV because some of the scales are in focus.
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High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to article. Not in the top right box as photo does not show yellow breast, but back feathers are more striking
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Fallingwater is considered as one of the best works of Frank Lloyd Wright, an architect who, according to his Wikipedia article, "believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture." This photograph's composition not only demonstrates how the building is built on top of the waterfall but also how the structure blends into surroundings and rock structure. The surrounding vegetation is as important to EV as the building is.
Support. A little soft at high magnification, but high EV and good composition and color, the best of the 100 exterior shots of this building that we have on commons. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:29, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've never been there, but it still looks rather gaudy to me. However, they use that pic. in the Polish and German Wiki articles about the cathedral, so maybe it's okay? Cześć! – Sca (talk) 21:26, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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"And tonight I have the high privilege and distinct honor of my own as the first president to begin the State of the Union message with these words: Madam Speaker."
Oppose – State of the Union Addresses are annual staged events. I don't see enough significance in the words "madam speaker" in a 50 minute video, not in the U.S. in 2007. I know it's a first, but still. Bammesk (talk) 02:27, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Is it not a good idea to have at least 1 FP to represent the State of the Union Address? This is my second attempt at this and I only nominated this one because Sca insisted that the previous one is boring. Yes, it is a staged event but it is still a very important characteristic of U.S. government. I still believe the quality of the Obama video was worthy of featuring. Maybe I should try the Obama one again now that the holiday season is over. BTW, these videos are not easy to get. Commons is the only place on the internet you can get these videos unedited, not watermarked and free of charge. They each cost me $25. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 02:42, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. I've not sat and watched it (I have little interest, to be brutally honest), so I AGF on quality. There's clear EV for a video of this speech on an article about this speech. I'm thrilled to hear that "Commons is the only place on the internet you can get these videos unedited, not watermarked and free of charge" - until it's mirrored everywhere and spreads, of course, but that's the point of Commons. Josh Milburn (talk) 07:41, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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This is a copy of the first plat of Chicago, made by James Thompson on August 4, 1830. While the original plat burned in the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, this copy was used by the Canal Commissioners to sell land parcels and by the written statement dates to at least 1836. An inferior version of this plat was denied Featured Picture status in 2010, but given that this copy has higher resolution and is much closer to the original I think it has a better shot. (Another piece of trivia, the Chicago Historical Society moved out of the address in the upper left corner in 1932.)
While I created the article on Thompson himself today, the picture/plat itself has been used in a couple of other articles for a longer period of time, at least a decade with this previous version, and a couple of days for this particular version. I decided to forego the customary 7 days as I believed that this constituted a higher-quality version of an image that has been up for a decade (and had been at FPC unsuccessfully in 2010); if you believe such decision was erroneous and negatively impacts this nomination I can withdraw this and renominate it about a week from now. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment on resolution I uploaded a 2728 x 1944 version of the file, but when I enter it on fullscreen the old 1633 x 1164 version still appears. Apologies if others are having the same issue. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:11, 14 January 2020 (UTC) Nevermind, it's working now. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I don't quite know for certain, but I believe that the "Chicago Maps 180" at the upper right corner (as well as the reversed image on the other side of the paper, by the "Property of the Chicago Historical Society" in the upper left corner), the "0296 Chicago 1830" on the lower right corner, the "G4104..." on the lower left corner, and the "Property of the Chicago Historical Society" are not original parts of the plat. I do not however have the technical skills to remove them without making it look terrible. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 06:32, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I don't agree that the topic lacks EV; this is (at least a contemporaneous copy of) the first map of Chicago. I might very well be conflating historical significance and EV, but this map is used on various articles and a version has been used for at least a decade on Wikipedia. As for definition, I might be misunderstanding this as well, as this is my first time at FPC, but I can see if I can increase the contrast. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:58, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I have thought about this and I have decided to withdraw the nomination at this time. This is my first time at FPC, and I'd like to have more time to improve the image (and the article to the extent that I can) before I renominate it. I thank you all for your consideration. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:12, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I think this is good enough for FP, given that we don't have many images of shipwrecks in our collection. MER-C04:50, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Important historical document, photo of a very good quality (the best aviliable on Commons). Created at Kazerne Dossin – Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights, the main research institution in Belgium.
Museum exhibition has no details but that's most likely the owners name. I am trying to contact the museum for clarification. --Andrei (talk) 08:14, 16 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I have an answer from the museum. Those are the initials of the owner of the yellow badge, who wrote this after the war on his star. This star was in possession of Jos Kutner, born on 13/02/1911 in Antwerp, Belgium. He was not deported. A lot of family members were deported : His father Israël Ziskind KUTNER, his brothers Marcel Georges and Godolias KUTNER. None of them did survive. --Andrei (talk) 21:55, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support A good photo with extremely strong EV. Thank you for bringing this to FPC and for clarifying the details about the initials. Nick-D (talk) 23:15, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Doris "Dorie" Miller was the first African-American sailor to be awarded the Navy Cross by the U.S. Navy. He is pictured here immediately after receiving his award wearing the Cross. This photo also became the basis of this recruitment poster:
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Yesterday, January 19, 2020, the U.S. Navy announced that the aircraft carrier CVN-81 will be named after him. The destroyer USS Miller was also named after him.
Support per Gnosis: the photo itself isn't anything special, but it has very strong EV for being the most commonly used photo of its subject and the subject of a wartime PR campaign. Nick-D (talk) 01:02, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]