Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Charlie Murder

Charlie Murder
Voting period ends on 18 May 2014  at 01:31:02 (UTC)
 * Reason:Why do I feel that this should be an FP? Actually, I don't. I think that it's too small. Adam Cuerden feels that a size exception should be made, however, and since the size is the only thing that was holding me back... well... here it is. It has decent EV, high quality, and freely licensed screenshots are still not all that common.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Charlie Murder (first of three screenshots in a vertical bar), Ska Studios
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
 * Creator:Ska Studios, who released a boatload of screenshots and character art after discussions with me


 * Support as nominator –  S ven M anguard   Wha?  01:31, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - If the game's native resolution is 1280 pixels wide, we can't ask for more. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:38, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I did some checking, and most Xbox 360 games are natively 1280x720 (720p) resolution, which is what this is. My last screenshot FP nominee was larger, 1920x1080 (1080p), but that game was intended for release on the PC.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  05:03, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Godhulii 1985 (talk) 06:57, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support if the native resolution matches the image, it follows that a higher resolution would mislead. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:57, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support: Admittedly, this is my first FP vote, but I don't see any issues with the WP:Featured picture criteria, and this is an all-around good picture IMO. (Good job on getting Ska to release the pictures, BTW)  Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex  02:17, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * What exactly is the educational value in this, aside from showing what the game looks like?-- Brainy J  ~ ✿ ~ ( talk ) 19:52, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Far as I know, educational value can be bypassed for FP's. Since this is definitely a compelling picture and, as nom said, there's not a lot of free screenshots out there, that's enough to get around that since it fits all of the featured picture criteria, IMO.  Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex  20:20, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * : Actually, that's exactly where the EV comes from. Screenshots are tremendously useful in helping readers understand elements of the game that don't lend themselves easily to being described with prose. This includes the art style, what the playable characters look like, elements of the user interface, and so on. In much the same way that an article about a painting is greatly enriched by being able to see the actual painting, an article about a video game is greatly enriched by being able to see stills from the game. This is also    S ven M anguard  20:29, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * and : At FPC we use the term "encyclopedic value", rather than "educational value". That way, people can discuss how much an image adds to the articles it is in, without having to deal with people's subjective opinions on the subject of the image itself. The discussion is not "do video games (or images of video games) have educational value", it is "does this image help readers understand the article, or points within it". See item #5 at Featured picture criteria. This is also    S ven M anguard  20:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support The picture is alright, surprisingly got the game after looking at this picture! ///Euro Car  GT  01:39, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 01:41, 18 May 2014 (UTC)