Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bombers of WW1.ogg

U.S. pilots in action during World War I

 * Reason:I don't think we have a featured World War I motion picture, and this one features both a notable figure (Rickenbacker) and battlefield action.
 * Proposed caption:U.S. pilots in action during World War I. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, known as the U.S. "Ace of Aces", conducts a bombing run over German lines.
 * Articles this image appears in:Eddie Rickenbacker, Aviation in World War I, World War I
 * Creator:Uploaded by User:Brian0918. Work of U.S. government.


 * Support as nominator Spikebrennan 18:55, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Shouldn't someone create a feature video section. I know we don't have one right now so this is probably the best place for it to be nominated, but it seems likes someone should set something like that up. Remember 20:14, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Commons has a featured media section, which is where this should go. Puddyglum 20:22, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No, this is the right place. FPs include movies, per previous discussions. Debivort 00:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Question how acurate is it? It says "over the line" but then shows both in-plane shots, and ground shots of the planes/bombs going off. It seems unlikely that they would have simultaneous ground and air footage if he were behind enemy lines. Maybe it should illustrate something else - cinematography of WWI or propaganda? Debivort 00:35, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, it seems like war propaganda. Nothing wrong with that; I'd support were it billed as such.. --⁪frotht 07:17, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I have no clue whatsoever about the accuracy of the claims made in the text panels of the film. I just happened to stumble upon the clip in the World War I article and decided to nominate it.  (In response to Froth's question below, I also don't know anything about the technical specifications of the film.  Spikebrennan 12:53, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Would a better caption be something like "Film produced by the U.S. military during World War I that purports to show ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker bombing a German position." (assuming that's accurate, which I haven't researched.) Spikebrennan 12:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Why does this have a theora stream? It's sizey- 111kbps over more than a minute. Yet there's no audio. --⁪frotht 07:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Support with the alternative caption. Debivort 21:05, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose: This is more a video then a picture. Animated gifs or something simillar I can see fitting into this category, but this really belongs in a separate world. --Hetar 03:26, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Movie == motion picture, so this is the correct place. Please supply a valid oppose rationale. MER-C 04:25, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Support--Mbz1 16:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - OOOOH wikipedia getting all posh with moving images eh? --  Chil dzy  ¤  Ta lk  22:59, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Support &mdash; Dude. WWI airplanes. I didn't know a video like this even existed. I love it. And yes, it's certainly propaganda-ish, but that fact showing up in a caption may contribute further to already outstanding encyclopedic value. &mdash; Ben pcc 21:23, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 03:57, 9 October 2007 (UTC)