Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/AT&T

Lines and Metallic Circuit Connections

 * Reason:Blistering detail of a historical map
 * Proposed caption:AT&T's lines and metallic circuit connections. March 1, 1891. Note: The map shows the communication lines in orange. On the folded cover is the statement "500 miles and return in 5 minutes. The mail is quick; telegraph is quicker; but Long Distance Telephone is Instantaneous and you don't have to wait for an answer." On the back of the map is a list of public pay stations.
 * Articles this image appears in:American Telephone & Telegraph
 * Creator:American Telephone and Telegraph Company


 * Support as nominator. Could someone upload a compressed version; this one appears to be at "100" JPEG quality ⁪ffroth  05:16, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * And why shouldn't it be? Shouldn't risk artefacts by compressing the image. --Aqwis (talk) 08:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Weak oppose and your compression comment is what make me think about this... I think this information would be better presented on a vector map made from this source. While this map is interesting, I don't think an old map scan is the best way to present this information. gren グレン 09:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't really see the importance of the map--more the information on it... but, maybe I'm wrong... so, I'll just leave mine as a comment, not an oppose. Also, don't lose quality--for that I would oppose. gren グレン 08:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

-- Chris.B |  talk  16:47, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 *  Conditional support It needs squaring up, ie a small clockwise rotation and crop. Please don't compress it. If anything, make a downsampled version (2000x1500 or something) to provide a viewable copy for those with slow connections and short tempers and link to it from the image page. Great scan of v interesting historical doc in good condition, which I'll support if it gets the crop. --mikaultalk 13:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Support if it gets the crop and rotate MlckStephenson suggests. It's an encyclopedic image of a real document that adds to the section of the article its in, plus it's cool!  No compression needed, no SVG; promote the pretty picture of the document!  Enuja  (talk) 00:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * D: I can't do it! Someone help this image get promoted! -- ⁪ffroth 02:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 'Tis done :o) --mikaultalk 11:36, 27 November 2007 (UTC) I've added a link on the image page to a reduced-size version. --mikaultalk 11:55, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose per gren, who should have stuck to her guns. I see little value in having the old map, when it is extremely hard to read, especially in thumbnail.  I would much prefer a new svg version for clarity. Mangostar (talk) 18:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Sure I guess it's kind of interesting enough (as most old maps are), especially if you're into the history of the US telephone services, but there's nothing there that screams FP, i.e., no 'wow'. Colours are drab, quality isn't great, and the info thereon is both limited and rather specialised. --jjron 08:11, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Good encyclopaedic value, but the the (surpisingly) rough manner in which the orange/red lines were drafted onto the base map kills it for me as an FPC. --Melburnian 03:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)