Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/1947 Nanhai Zhudao

1947 Nanhai Zhudao
Voting period ends on 15 Mar 2014  at 04:31:31 (UTC)
 * Reason:High EV and it has it's own article
 * Articles in which this image appears:Nine-dotted line, Philippines v. China, Scarborough Shoal, Spratly Islands dispute
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
 * Creator:Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China


 * Support as nominator --Theparties (talk) 04:31, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * A map in Chinese is pretty useless on the English Wiki.
 * To be clear as well: This map itself does not have an article, the line does. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.132.240 (talk) 18:18, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Who are you?--Theparties (talk) 22:16, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Your worst nightmare? ;). I'm an individual who chooses to edit without an account and as an IP. I accept this means that I cannot vote, but votes aren't what I aim to contribute-ideas, feedback and discussion are. 24.222.132.240 (talk) 22:24, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd note that the URL on the bottom left corner of the map probably shouldn't be there if WP is using it-FP or otherwise.24.222.132.240 (talk) 22:29, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow, I'm soooooooo scared!!! Zzzzzzzzzzzz...... Better lock myself in the basement. Oh, wait. I'm already there.--Theparties (talk) 00:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * So am I ;). 24.222.132.240 (talk) 01:38, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Not sure if this is the same individual as a few months ago (or has it been a year already?) If so, welcome back. If not, welcome to FPC. (I'd yadda yadda yadda about the benefits of registering, but I don't doubt you've heard the spiel before). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:45, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose — Blah. Sca (talk) 01:22, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * How so?--Theparties (talk) 03:27, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Monochromatic, faint, not timely (1947), not accessible to English readers. Sca (talk) 18:04, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Timely is not part of the criteria, and "not accessible to English readers" is not really, either. This is like our FP of the Declaration of Independence: a historical document as a historical document. That being said, I don't think this is up to par either. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:12, 7 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment: The arguments against language/EV don't hold. We have FPs of documents in French, Medieval Latin and Ancient Egyptian. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:46, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * You're wrong. Those documents have value for being those specific documents. This is a map which is illustrating a disputed political boundary. The map itself is not significant. If it were, such as in the case of Daedongyeojido, then having it in a non-English language would be no problem. 24.222.132.240 (talk) 16:02, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * "The nine-dotted line was originally an eleven-dotted-line first shown on a map published by the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China (1912–1949) in December 1947 to justify its claims in the South China Sea." - That looks like the map is the topic of this section. Historically significant, even if it doesn't have its own article. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * What Crisco said. Provided the description is correct, this is the map that gave the line its original appearance, not just any map illustrating a boundary. That said, I'm not convinced that it's FP quality either. --Paul_012 (talk) 18:45, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * If that is true, then I am mistaken. Whether that has the EV to go the distance, is up to the reviewers. Regardless that URL in the bottom should be taken out... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.132.240 (talk) 11:22, 13 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Support If this is, in fact, a scan of the first official Chinese map claiming ownership of the disputed waters, it is tremendously valuable as a historical document. That the text is in Chinese and that the document is not visually striking are entirely irrelevant. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ   Wha?  00:30, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 04:32, 15 March 2014 (UTC)