Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ellis Island video

Ellis Island video

 * Reason:Historic video clip of a major entry point for US immigration. Dates from 1903.
 * Articles this image appears in:Ellis Island, History of immigration to the United States
 * Creator:Edison Studios (Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.)


 * Support as conominator &mdash; Jake   Wartenberg  03:22, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support as conominator Durova Charge! 03:25, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Support Not terribly exciting, but great historical value. Fletcher (talk) 03:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose I appreciate the historical value of this video. And for someone doing in-depth research on Ellis Island and immigration, it might be valuable. But for anyone else, I just don't think this has much EV. It just shows too little of the whole Ellis Island immigration process. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:33, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Good historical value, but a missed opportunity for restoration. Many frames show noticeable degradation, the black level is off, frames jitter back and forth, and the exposure level is inconsistent. Combined, it gives the video a "raw" feel that falls short of the high technical standard and the best work criteria. Sorry, I know how time-consuming video editing is. Wronkiew (talk) 03:41, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support meets all eight criteria, though criteria 1 is as an exception in the technical quality but which is eaily offset by the historical nature which of the video. Gnangarra 03:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak, Weak Oppose Quite historic, but as Wronkiew says, the quality just isn't there.  Spencer T♦C 22:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose per above. Quality is no where near at FP, but very great historic value. (So it seems half and half) Maybe Valued pictures? Cheers  Zoo Fari  04:39, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 07:38, 24 February 2009 (UTC)