Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Optical mouse

Optical mouse
Voting period ends on 24 Feb 2012 at 04:59:04 (UTC)
 * Reason:High resolution, good EV (shows both the mouse and receiver).
 * Articles in which this image appears:Optical mouse (lead image), Mouse (computing)
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
 * Creator:Evan-Amos


 * Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:59, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment The only issue for me is the "Microsoft". Seeing the manufacturer's name stamped on it is not an issue when it's a photo of an X-Box or a Nintendo gun controller, but on a mouse that is made by many different companies it is. Matthewedwards : Chat  06:24, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Admittedly it would be nice to have something like that, but it seems most manufacturers put their names in big letters on the product. Just looking at my workstation here, the laptop has both Acer and AspireONE on it (with a Microsoft sticker), the mouse has Tecgo on it, and the external harddrive has Trekstor in 4 cm tall letters. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:20, 15 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Support The Microsoft name on the products doesn't bother me. Almost every manufacturer has its name on its products.--Nanoman657 (talk) 17:07, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - Not a comment on photo quality, but this is a poor lead image for optical mouse, as it shows nothing of how an optical mouse operates. Without the caption, one would not be able to tell it was an optical mouse.  Compare this image to File:Mouse mechanism diagram.svg - hahnch e n 01:19, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like nobody has made a diagram for an optical mouse yet. Of the images in the article, personally I think this is the best. As for the lede image being a diagram, I think what they have in Mouse (computing) is better: the diagram is not put in the lede, but in a section on how it works. Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment. Does anyone else think this is upside down? --jjron (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * For EV, I prefer it like this as it emphasizes the buttons. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:05, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Meh; it makes the writing upside down, and very few people use a mouse this way up, so IMO it detracts from EV. --jjron (talk) 07:36, 17 February 2012 (UTC)


 * USB optical mouse without logo 1 2 (ignore the watermark on the picture). Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 22:56, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support good quality image for its article, although not particularly interesting aesthetically. Pinetalk 10:14, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Support I have no issue with the M$ logo on the mouse. --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  18:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose I see a mouse, yes. But an optical??? This image need to show us (also) the bottom side of the mouse. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 09:08, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose I don't see the EV. Dusty777 (talk) 17:15, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose It is a good picture but I agree with comments that it is the wrong way round (I want to twist my hand round to hold it) and that it doesn't illustrate an optical mouse (though it is fine for a wireless mouse). --Colin°Talk 21:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 11:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)