Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Castelo Novo April 2015-2a.jpg

Symmetrical sash windows
Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2016 at 19:21:09 (UTC)
 * Reason:Excellent image that goes a long way to explaining the concept of sash windows, (double-hung six-over-six in this image)
 * Articles in which this image appears:Sash window
 * FP category for this image:Places/Architecture
 * Creator:Joaquim Alves Gaspar


 * Support as nominator – Daniel Case (talk) 19:21, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - Very nice windows, but for EV wouldn't it be better to have no curtains? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:03, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Unless the curtains made it harder to see the muntins, no, I don't think so. Daniel Case (talk) 06:48, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * This is being put forth as representative of sash windows. Curtains are not, in and of themselves, part of such windows. Furthermore, the lines of the curtains distracts from the windows themselves (for me, at least). This is exacerbated by the fact that the window frames and curtains are the same color. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:15, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * "Exacerbated"? The curtains are distinctly grayer than the muntins. Daniel Case (talk) 03:10, 28 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment - I'd rather see either a drawing or a photo where the construction method would be more evident (for instance how the counterweight is concealed) - none such in the article. --Janke | Talk 11:26, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Then please draw and nominate it. Daniel Case (talk) 03:10, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Can't, since I don't have the necessary knowledge. But I would like to find that info in a drawing or photo and improve my knowledge... That's why I browse Wikipedia! ;-) --Janke | Talk 08:18, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Question - Which counterweight? There is no such device in these windows. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:48, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The article says: To facilitate operation, the weight of the glazed panel is usually balanced by a heavy steel, lead, or cast iron sash weight or counter-weight concealed within the window frame. - but that doesn't apply to these, then?? Better add that info to the caption, then... (PS: We don't have sash windows in Finland, ours are usually triple-glazed, all hinged.) --Janke | Talk 19:26, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Some of the sash windows on our house have these, most don't (at least on the lower panels ... I haven't had to pull any of the upper ones down in a while). Daniel Case (talk) 06:48, 27 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Support - As creator. I agree with the nominator that this is a very good depiction of the subject and fail to see how the presence of the curtains and the absence of the counterweights affect its EV. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 09:01, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose as above. The curtains are distracting. Also, are the highlights blown? The window frames just seem off to me. WiiWillieWiki 04:59, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 19:46, 7 January 2016 (UTC)