Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Emily Wilding Davison

Emily Davison
Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2023  at 07:13:47 (UTC)
 * Reason:A nice photo, replaced a much worse copy of same. I could square off the border, if desired, but I'd have to edit out the photographer's stamp to do so.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Emily Davison + several others
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Political is where we generally put political activists.
 * Creator:Andrew William Dron, restored by Adam Cuerden


 * Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.4% of all FPs. 07:13, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support strongly – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:26, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – nice restoration. Bammesk (talk) 03:52, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – Though I'm wondering just a bit if we need all that blank backdrop over subject's head. – Sca (talk) 13:03, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * It's a common feature in photos of the era. We could do it, but it'd mean losing the border as well - can't have half a border, which does mean cutting the signature, etc. There's a link on the file description page to a squared-off version if you want to play with it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.4% of all FPs. 13:11, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think I can resist that urge. -- Sca (talk) 11:46, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I always like to make a version like that, though: Can fill in corners and such and thus avoid the pitfalls of when others do it. And then compare the two and see which I like better. (e.g. Was pretty sure I was going uncropped for the recent Charleston after Sherman picture, but it ate up too much space for thumbnails. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.4% of all FPs. 12:08, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think I read somewhere that when she arrived at Dron's studio he asked her to stand on a milk crate so that she would fill the whole frame, but she wouldn't do it because she felt it would be undignified. Choliamb (talk) 00:06, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – Choliamb (talk) 00:06, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – Aviafanboi (talk) 11:31, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. MER-C 18:16, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support.-- Vulcan  ❯❯❯  Sphere!  08:13, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 09:19, 15 June 2023 (UTC)