Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kunyu Wanguo Quantu

Kunyu Wanguo Quantu
Voting period ends on 16 Apr 2019  at 17:40:56 (UTC)


 * Reason:High fidelity reproduction of this highly notable historical map.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, Matteo Ricci, Chinese geography, Chronology of European exploration of Asia
 * FP category for this image: Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
 * Creator: Matteo Ricci


 * Support as nominator – MER-C 17:40, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose at least for now due to muddy, uneven exposure, strange stair-stepping - some judicious editing is needed! --Janke | Talk 18:37, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I doubt it's because of uneven exposure or effects other than the actual print. Looking at the unprinted borders, it rules out any mistakes in lighting, stair-stepping, etc. I think it can very well be a combination of the age of the map, 400 years, and the printing process Woodcuting. Also, unlikely that the library of congress would publish such a high resolution large file and let such a poor lighting go. This being a historic document, I think its best not to edit. I support editing if it retains the historic character of the prints. Bammesk (talk) 19:23, 6 April 2019 (UTC) . . . revised earlier objection to editing. There is s symmetry to the fading/aging of the 6 sheets. Bammesk (talk) 03:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Support – Bammesk (talk) 19:23, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose – Indistinct diffuse details. Not visually accessible to Main Page readers. – Sca (talk) 20:59, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose This needs some restoration first. --Yann (talk) 08:30, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 20:18, 16 April 2019 (UTC)