Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pythagorean Theorem Animation

Pythagorean Theorem Animation
Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2011 at 03:09:50 (UTC)
 * Reason:This animation has nice EV and proves that in a Pythagorean triple, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Pythagorean theorem, Pythagorean triple, Special right triangles
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
 * Creator:AmericanXplorer13 (talk)


 * Support as nominator --AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 03:09, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose this is well-made, intuitive, and nice. However, contrary to the caption, it doesn't convincingly show the Pythagorean theorem for any triangle. It only shows it for the special case of a 3-4-5 triangle, or, more generally, pythagorean triples. But for triangles with non-integer sides, this picture doesn't really work. In any case, there exist pictures which are, in my opinion, better: File:Pythagoras-2a.gif (which is an FP) and File:Pythag_anim.gif. However, I will reconsider my oppose if the caption is improved, and the image is placed in relevant articles such as Pythagorean triangles, Pythagorean triple, and special right triangles, where I believe this image has more encyclopedic value. Purpy Pupple (talk) 03:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose The gaps between the squares make me worry (and is the reason I oppose). Noodle snacks (talk) 11:05, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose, for the same reasons as given by Purpy Pupple. The image was uploaded, added to an article, and nominated for FP all by the same person and all in the same day. There should be some sort of waiting period to make sure the images at least fly in the articles they've been added to before they're reviewed for FP.--RDBury (talk) 13:52, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The animation shows only that $$3^2+4^2=5^2$$, but the caption claims that somehow the image is supposed to illustrate a general proof for triangles with integral sides.  I suppose that the image must not be intended as a proof of anything, but then its purpose seems unclear to me.   Sławomir Biały  (talk) 14:09, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The squares don't have to be integer lengths. So this would be a proof for any triangle with the side-length ratio 3:4:5. Noodle snacks (talk) 23:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per all the above. In addition, unfortunately, animations suffer from the problem of being visually distracting &mdash; so much so that some animations make reading the surrounding text nearly impossible. They should be used sparingly and only when their use is a crucial aid to explanation, and then care needs be taken to minimize the visual distraction. I find this animation particularly distracting and in this case needlessly so when there are many diagrams which better serve the purpose. Paul August &#9742; 14:22, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Withdrawl Sorry to waste everyone's time with this animation. --AmericanXplorer13 (talk)| —Preceding undated comment added 14:56, 26 December 2010 (UTC).

--J Milburn (talk) 15:21, 26 December 2010 (UTC)