Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Animated Map- History of China

Evolution of the Chinese State

 * Reason:enc.
 * Proposed caption:China>>History>>Dynastic Rule

China was under dynastic rule from the Xia Dynasty (2070 - 1600 BCE) until the collapse the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1912.
 * Articles this image appears in:China
 * Creator:Ian Kiu

Oppose: Nothing to be featured - quality not very high. —αἰτίας •'discussion'• 21:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator Malachirality (talk) 07:37, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose First of all, PRC was established 1949, not 1912... Also, too much info appearing at once in the animation. --Janke | Talk 08:23, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Need actual Chinese labels along with English labels, remove the banding gradident/shadow in the sea to save quite a few kb and the topography overlay is not consistent: some have topography while others don't. --antilivedT 09:27, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment My suggestions for the animation would be to label the regions directly, instead of using a legend; the animation moves too quickly to decode the image. The animation could pause longer on the more complicated maps, for example, and the image description page might list individual frames so readers can study each more closely, instead of having to wait for the next cycle. Then, you might choose a more informative/less confusing color scheme. Make sure colors aren't re-used in a conflicting way and try to keep them consistent (eg in 350 BC Qin is green but in 210 BC it is pink, and later the Shu dynasty re-uses the green color). Direct labels rather than colors should be used to distinguish areas (for the colorblind), but you can still use color in a meaningful, sophisticated way. Careful thought should go into the color scheme to make it coherent, rather than a bunch of randomly chosen colors. I don't think the Chinese labels are really necessary, but the gradient areas and topo problems should be fixed. The animation could also be smoother. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 20:29, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn by nominator per Janke, Antilived, and Jeff. Moving to Peer Review for edits and such (at a later date). --Malachirality (talk) 22:06, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * —Julia\talk 21:17, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn. Julia\talk  21:17, 20 April 2012 (UTC)