Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nagasaki destruction

Nagasaki destruction


This image depicts the city of Nagasaki, Japan, on September 24, 1945, six weeks after the atomic bomb was dropped. Two Three statues, an Amida Buddha and a two of Jizo, are all that remains of a destroyed temple. Photo by Cpl. Lynn P. Walker, Jr., USMC. Appears in Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


 * Nominate and support. -  howch e  ng   {chat} 16:05, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. I count 3 statues. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 21:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed the description.  howch e  ng   {chat} 21:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - not very clear, hard to understand. --GoOdCoNtEnT 04:53, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, what do you mean by "hard to understand"? It's a picture of devastation.  howch e  ng   {chat} 18:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I'm sure it sounds pretty cynical to complain about cluttered composition. But despite some historical significance (I emphasize some since it isn't really a widely known iconic picture) the quality concerns dominate for my vote. --Dschwen 23:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose The quality is too poor for FP, I know it has important significance, but it is not an example of our best work. HighInBC 22:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Support Contributes significantly--unless you somehow have first hand experience of what an atomic-bombed metropolis looks like--to a very important article.  Technical merit completely irrelevant here--what do you expect from a devastated area with 1940s technology?  Jeeb 02:02, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * what I you expect from a devastated area with 1940s technology? Not a FP. HighInBC 23:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

-- Moondigger 01:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)