Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Qutab Minar

The Qutub Minar

 * Reason:
 * 1. The Qutub Minar is a World Heritage Site, but there are no featured pictures of it
 * 2. It's one of the last reminants of early Indian civilizations
 * 3. It's an example of early Indian architecture
 * 4. The Qutub shows the influence of Islam on India
 * 5. Its the world's tallest brick minaret
 * 6. It has high encyclopedic value
 * 7 There arent many pictures of historic India
 * 8 The Qutub Minar is of "outstanding cultural importance to the common heritage of mankind."
 * 9 This image captures very well the Qutub Minar and its surrounding monuments
 * Articles this image appears in:Qutub Minar, Delhi, New Delhi, History of India, North India, Slave Dynasty, Mamluk, Qutb-ud-din Aybak
 * Creator:Flickr User: thovie333


 * Support as nominator &mdash; Nikkul 12:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Tilted; and more detail (higher rez or more direct composition) on the minaret would also help.--HereToHelp 13:49, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Nice shot, but unfortunately it could serve as an example of how not to shoot for the encyclopedia. Whatever the image, subject illustration is of paramount importance. However cool, arty angles confuse, rather than clarify. The tree on the left obscures important detail unnecessarily and this all conspires against a sense of scale. Most of the points in support, while undoubtedly true, aren't relevant for FP nomination purposes. mikaultalk 20:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Except for #9, all of the bullets describe the subject. Finding a featured subject isn't hard; finding a featured picture is.--HereToHelp 22:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Does not illustrate subject matter adequately, off center.  But still good when used with other photographs I guess. Bleh999 11:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose As per HereToHelp. No question on enc. value, but the subject is off centre and the angle is disconcerting rather than helpful. Pedro | Chat  15:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Think to yourself what is the subject of the photograph; the trees, the fluffy clouds or the minaret? Which is it illustrating? I know for a fact that it is the minaret, but this is only because I read the description. I feel that the main downside to this shot is that the other elements (the elements apart from the minaret that is to say) are distracting and thus degrading its encyclopaedic value. Chris Buttigiegtalk 22:12, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose per user:MIckStephenson. deeptrivia (talk) 01:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 11:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)