Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120

Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120
Voting period ends on 21 Aug 2011 at 09:16:43 (UTC)
 * Reason:Used on many Wikipedia pages, and good composition
 * Articles in which this image appears:Space Shuttle and over 60 other pages
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
 * Creator:NASA


 * Support as nominator --Pinetalk 09:16, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note that there are other FPs of space shuttles, but this image is used far more extensively on Wikipedia than the images that were promoted to FP in 2010. Pinetalk 09:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: Looking at the launch tower, does this need to be rotated a few degrees counterclockwise?  Spencer T♦ C 19:38, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the effect may be intentional, to give the photo added energy, similar to the Featured Picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_Atlantis_launches_from_KSC_on_STS-132_side_view.jpg, but the photo that I'm nominating is used on far more pages on Wikipedia. Pinetalk 23:24, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm slightly leaning towards removing the slight lean. HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:43, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The other image isn't tilt, it's the low perspective. Weak support this; I would fully support one with the tilt fixed.  Spencer T♦ C 20:15, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support edit.  Spencer T♦ C 01:43, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It is true that this is widely used, but that's partially because it has a narrower field of view, which makes it thumbnail better. That doesn't necessarily make it a better picture.  I think I prefer the ones with a wider field of view; they are more dynamic.  Since, despite the quality here, this one doesn't add all that much to what is already featured, I will say weak oppose. Chick Bowen 03:09, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, thank you for your comments. IMO having a better thumbnail is also useful for Wikipedia and therefore contributes to EV, but I respect your views. Pinetalk 06:05, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support I'm perfectly happy having multiple shuttle FPs, provided the composition is significantly different (which it is, from what I understand), and I don't think one composition is inherently better than any other. HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:43, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support This is the best picture for the shuttle itself among the featured ones I think. That said one or two of those should probably be delisted based on limited article placement. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:03, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support Its is one of the most beautiful actions shots I have seen in wikipedia. I am simply stunned at the perfection of capturing a space shuttle in such a chaotic moment and being both pretty as a picture, and informative as an illustration. --Cerejota (talk) 14:59, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Edit1 added. Tilt corrected version. --jjron (talk) 11:43, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support per above. Preference to Edit1. --jjron (talk) 11:45, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the edit, I think you did better than I could have. In order to support it I think it needs to be in an article, so I'll replace the image in Space Shuttle with the edit. I also support edit 1 and would have nominated it instead if it was in these articles Pinetalk 09:05, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No probs. And no, the edit doesn't need to be in an article; as long as the original is that meets the criteria, and whichever version is promoted is placed into the articles by the closer. --jjron (talk) 14:54, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Support As per nom. SMasters (talk) 05:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 14:52, 21 August 2011 (UTC)