Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Paul Cuffee

Paul Cuffee

 * Reason:Paul Cuffee was a successful Massachussetts businessman of Ashanti and Wampanoag descent who sought to improve the lives of fellow African-Americans by repatriating several dozen of them to Freetown, which would later become the capital of Sierra Leone. His efforts at repatriation were a forerunner to the American Colonization Society, which in turn played a key role in the history of Liberia.  Restored version of File:Paul_Cuffee.jpg.
 * Articles this image appears in:History of Liberia, New Bedford, Massachusetts, American Colonization Society, Paul Cuffee
 * Creator:Engraved for Abrm. L. Pennock by Mason & Maas., From a drawing by John Pole, M.D., of Bristol, Eng.


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 04:31, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support--Mbz1 (talk) 21:47, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. It's a silhouette, I can tell nothing of the man from this. Your 'reason' talks about the man, while giving no reason whatsoever why this should be an FP, and I personally can't think of one. Not being facetious, but this wasn't a joke nom was it? --jjron (talk) 07:33, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Getting high resolution historic images that pertain to sub-Saharan Africa is quite difficult. Silhouette was an accepted form of portraiture during this era, and this includes a period ship.  He owned a small fleet and it was his repatriation efforts that really had the greatest impact.  Considering that his work precipitated the founding of a modern country, it comes as a surprise that any FPC regular would question whether this is a serious nomination.  Durova Charge! 19:00, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You seem to be misinterpreting what is meant by 'Reason', which is what I find surprising, given that in your many other noms you clearly know what should be in there. I therefore can't help but think you were struggling to come up with a valid reason yourself. As I said above you've given no reason in the nom for why this image is FP-worthy. I don't question that this is an encyclopaedic person, but we're evaluating the quality/value of the pictures here, not the value of the subject of the picture per se. And hey, if nothing else, at least it's helped to draw in some more opinions :-). --jjron (talk) 14:32, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose. Not a whole lot of EV here I'm afraid. The silhouette doesn't give us much information. Kaldari (talk) 18:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support: The silhouette isn't the best way to show the person, but the picture of the ship helps the EV, and the quality is high enough for this to be an FP. Den dodge  Talk Contribs 19:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Support: GerardM (talk) 22:46, 17 February 2009 (UTC) important historical image.
 * Weak Oppose Lack of EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 05:53, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Rarity and historical value do not make up for the lack of value in a silhouette. Close to no useful information can be taken from this; it's of marginal value to its article. Thegreenj 03:40, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Pile-on-oppose. Too little EV in these articles. However, if it turned out that this graphical work is a typical example of a whole genre on which we have an article, I might reconsider. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 16:36, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Pile-on-oppose. Too little EV in these articles. However, if it turned out that this graphical work is a typical example of a whole genre on which we have an article, I might reconsider. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 16:36, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

-- Spencer T♦C 22:04, 23 February 2009 (UTC)