Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gas Mask

Gas Mask


Ok, shoot this down if you wish... ;-) This is not a "beautiful" image, but it is high enc and certainly eye-catching, even in thumb size. It shows a gas mask of the type that was distributed to civilians in Finland during WWII. Not quite Darth Vader, eh? Appears in the Gas mask article, of course.

Self-nom, so no vote. User:Janke
 * Blah Now that's some fine colour noise you've got there... -- antilived T 09:59, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose. It has good composition and lighting. However, as mentioned by Antilived, there's noticeable colour noise. Also it's not as sharp as I would like. -- Pharaoh Hound  (talk)  13:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose the color noise doesn't bother me. However, the image just isn't striking to me. The contrast is fairly low (background, jacket, and helmet colors have similar qualities) and overall isn't that dynamic of an image.--Andrew c 15:48, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose As stated by Andrew C it just isn't that appealing to me.-- ¿  Why  1  9  9  1  ESP. | Sign Here 15:51, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose the noise is a little too much and per Andrew C. &mdash; Arjun
 * OpposeThe picture is of high resolution and of somewhat okay quality. But it is not (as quoted by the featured picture criteria ) "Wikipedia's best work." It isn't very attractive nor is it pleasing to the eye. Wwicki 17:17, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose The picture really isn't inspiring to me. It's just some dude in a grey gasmask. Now, if it was a dude in a really cool gasmask (say, with multiple stamps or even bumper stickers on it) and the guy had some really cool hair or tattoos or something, then I would support. Although the picture is technically good, it's not exactly worthy of the front page. Remember, featured pictures are the best of Wikipedia in order to show the quality of the site. If this is the best we have.... then Wikipedia is in trouble.  S h a r k f a c e  2 1 7  07:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, Sharkface, I don't think stamps and bumper stickers go well with a gas mask...but I would agree with you on the last point; it's Oppose for me. The picture has little notability, if any at all. If you could get an ancient picture filled with people in gas masks, that may be more appealing. -- Alt  iris   Exeunt  08:39, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * some really cool hair or tattoos? You know that gas masks have a use besides weird fetish parties... ...do you? ;-) --Dschwen 15:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

MER-C 12:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. —sd31415   (sign here)  11:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Featured pictures should be for the best pictures. This one is rather dull. --RandomOrca2 00:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. The image fulfils all criteria, and seems to be fairly striking to me, comments above notwithstanding. Prospects for featuring here don't look good, but do consider NowCommonsing the image and trying again over on the corresponsing Wikimedia Commons feature process, where it may get a more favourable response. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) &bull; 17:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)