Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/100 437.JPG

The Grand Canal

 * Reason:It is a wonderful picture showing the true culture and mood in Venice, Italy.
 * Articles this image appears in: Grand Canal of Venice
 * Creator: Sam M.


 * Support as nominator &mdash; SM 23:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The nominator forgot to transclude this to the main FPC page. Listing it now. MER-C 12:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose the color is trying to hide other technical difficulties, which are apparent nevertheless.--Svetovid 16:05, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose must admit i wanted to support but i agree with the above -- Ch il dzy  ¤  Ta l k  20:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This image is not currently used in any articles, and therefore fails criteria #5, "adds value to an article." Enuja 20:10, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * But no vote? --Peter 23:58, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Fake sepia? No thanks. Stevage 04:26, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose due to color. Do you have the original version still? Cacophony 08:09, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose due to color but if you put the original color back in I might change my mind. -- St.daniel Talk 13:29, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose This image does not appear in any article, nor does it appear that it ever did Bleh999 13:46, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. No article; blur and color give it artistic value IMO but not encyclopedic. --Peter 23:58, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose, sepia filtering is a way to remove encyclopedic value. I was reminded, not in a good way, of this deviantart image. --Dhartung | Talk 18:24, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Tilted - Adrian Pingstone 13:55, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose You must admit it's a nice photo, yet it's not suitable for an encyclopedia I'm afriad. It's needs to be in an article too. -- Chris.B 16:54, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 09:25, 22 August 2007 (UTC)