Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/O'Connor and Gonzales

O'Connor and Gonzales


Looking at the Alberto Gonzales article, I was stunned to find a picture of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gesturing to Gonzales almost as if she passing her position to him. This is particularly stunning to me in light of the speculation about whether George W. Bush will nominate Gonzales to succeed the retiring O'Connor. This appears in the articles Sandra Day O'Connor and Alberto Gonzales. The picture is in the public domain, as it was taken by a White House staffer.

+1 / -9 -- Solipsist 21:10, 3 August 2005 (UTC) 
 * Nominate and support. - Senatedems 23:49, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Uh, it's low resolution and very grainy. &rarr;Raul654 01:12, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Poor detail. --ZeWrestler 02:08, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose -yuck, not interesting or striking or nice to look at in any way. sorry. --Deglr6328 02:15, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rather small. Enochlau 05:18, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Nothing that special, a higher resolution version needs to be uploaded if possible. Also, people, please don't vote until pictures have passed the two day comments phase. Phoenix2 17:01, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose Phoenix2 20:19, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Even with higher res (which is badly needed), I'm not convinced this picture fits the bill. Clearly the rationale for featuring would be that the picture is unusual in that it shows the exiting justice "welcoming" the new one -- at least, I can't see anything about the picture other than that content which would make it featurable.  I think the nom is premature, in that we don't know yet if Gonzales is even a nominee, let alone whether or not he will be confirmed.  Even if he is, I have to ask if this is all that unusual.  SC Justices must surely be pictured with lawyers, judges, and other government officials in the course of their duties to the Court -- isn't it likely that we could produce a photo of O'Connor with other candidates as well?  I just don't feel that this is a photo whose time has come, and I think a good explanation of the rationale for nominating it is important if it is to receive widespread support. Jwrosenzweig 17:24, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I uploaded this picture because I thought it would be interesting in the O'Connor and Gonzales articles, but even I don't think this should be a featured picture. I agree with the various commenters that it's too grainy and low resolution to become a featured picture. I also agree with Jwrosenzweig that the rationale given by Senatedems for this picture doesn't work since we do not know if Gonzales is the nominee. GoCardinal 02:30, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose --ZeWrestler 15:29, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose for my reasons stated above. GoCardinal 22:49, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Now that Roberts is the nominee, this picture is even less worthy of featured status. GoCardinal 05:53, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose for reasons stated above. Sango  123  18:12, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose Isn't anything special. Not even striking to look at.--May the Force be with you!  Shreshth91  ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  15:24, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Not very significant and not striking. Also very low resolution. Balster neb 17:21, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I never liked this picture!! --ScottyBoy900Q ∞ 20:46, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- Longhair | Talk 05:14, 29 July 2005 (UTC)