Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg

Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg
Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2019  at 07:54:29 (UTC)
 * Reason:Behold, an image of the Atari 2600, a console from the second generation of video game consoles that sold over 30 million units. I believe this photograph is of excellent quality and meets all the featured picture criteria, with a complete composition captured, a forgivable degree of graininess, and an enticing joystick, well worth over one thousand words. Could it use a resolution higher than the current 3,940 × 2,300? Certainly, but there is enough important detail that nobody can be left dissatisfied, right?
 * Articles in which this image appears:Atari 2600 Atari, Inc. Atari Video game console Home video game console List of best-selling game consoles (and 8 others)
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
 * Creator:Evan-Amos


 * Support as nominator –  GaɱingFørFuɲ 3 6 5 07:54, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. MER-C 10:43, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose – Static. – Sca (talk) 12:25, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Support I used to own one of those. The plastic is textured, and what you're seeing as static is just that texture. They have a fairly rough plastic texture, which, when photographed, is going to look kind of mottled, but that's because it is mottled. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7% of all FPs 03:10, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * What I meant by "static" was something like "producing an effect of repose or quiescence." In other words, blah – of little visual interest. – Sca (talk) 13:55, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I think that encyclopedic value wins out here. It's a clear depiction, and adding more visual interest would likely distract. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7% of all FPs 20:45, 30 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Support. Certainly iconic enough to be featured. JOE BRO  64  10:28, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Iconic is one of the two most overused words in the English language. – Sca (talk) 13:59, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * And that has to do with... ? JOE BRO 64  14:24, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * What does that have to do with anything? Namcokid  47  (Contribs) 16:21, 1 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Question You say controller ready to be played on but TOP on the joystick is on the left. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:34, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Odd wording, aye. I think they mean it's plugged in. Since there's no game in it, it's not really ready, is it? (For that matter, no visible power or TV cables) Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7% of all FPs 20:44, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose not ready. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:36, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
 * How so? Namcokid  47  (Contribs) 02:58, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * It's mainly a flaw in the description: with no cartridge in it or power/TV cables, it's not "ready to be played on". Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7% of all FPs 19:58, 7 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Namcokid  47  (Contribs) 16:21, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - Another game console floating in space. I don't understand why people remove the backgrounds. It's a lot of work and just makes the photo worse, IMO. Kaldari (talk) 20:26, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Geoffroi  02:29, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 07:59, 9 October 2019 (UTC)