Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/President Barack Obama.jpg

President Barack Obama.jpg
Voting period ends on 22 Feb 2013 at 18:27:43 (UTC)
 * Reason:Quite suprised that this hasn't already been nominated... A very high quality portrait of an obviously notable subject. High EV.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Barack Obama, Presidency of Barack Obama, President of the United States plus nearly 50 others
 * FP category for this image:People/Political
 * Creator:Pete Souza

I have long hoped that the 2006 FP would be replaced by a superior, similarly candid Wikipedian's photo of him. That one hasn't come along shows how much less accessible he is than in the pre-presidency years. In turn, that demonstrates the ways in which that old FP is actually still (despite its admitted shortcomings) pretty valuable. Not every prominent photo of the president in the encyclopedia should be a White House release. Chick Bowen 01:17, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator -- Vo BEDD 18:27, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Well it looks like the previous FP for him (File:Obama_Portrait_2006.jpg) is virtually unused now, probably should be a D&R tbh. Or at least the other one is probably qualifying for a delist due to not being used except very superficially in Economic policy of Barack Obama and Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011. Official portraits like this are quite hard to successfully nominate, and all the previous failed nominations and discussions on pictures of him will probably testify to that. — raeky  t  18:34, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment I like Obama but this image gives off a odd vibe to me with the crossed arms and the big smile. Saffron Blaze (talk) 08:39, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Created Featured picture candidates/delist/President Barack Obama (2006 portrait) per the suggestion here. One or the other may be self negating (if this passes or a delist and replace passes there) but this covers the bases and delisting that image needs to be done anyway since it clearly fails our standards.  Cat-five  t  c   07:16, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support No reason to oppose that I can tell or see. Far superior to the older portrait but as a stand alone image, regardless of where it comes from or who took it, it is a superb image.--Amadscientist (talk) 07:23, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Very nice image, much better than the current FP of him. Cat-five  t  c   22:02, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak support. Weak, only because of the somewhat distracting background. I suppose it does show him in his office, so it helps EV, but it's still a tad distracting.  Spencer T♦ C 22:36, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak support The big grin is unlike how I've seen him in any other photo or video, but this an improvement over the old FP. --Pine✉ 22:11, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 19:33, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Not enough support. Armbrust The Homunculus 19:33, 22 February 2013 (UTC)