Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Stonewall Inn raid sign

Stonewall Inn "raided premises" sign
Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2017  at 23:15:19 (UTC)
 * Reason:The police raid of the Stonewall Inn started the Stonewall riots, a major event in the gay liberation movement in the United States. This sign from that night is now framed at the Inn. Because of the wall it's on, in a tiny entryway, glare from the red light was, for me anyway, unavoidable without taking the picture from a harsh angle. IMO the technical quality is acceptable, but the encyclopedic value is high. On Commons, it is a QI and VI.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Stonewall riots, Stonewall Inn, History of gay men in the United States, Police raid
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/History/USA History
 * Creator:Rhododendrites


 * Support as nominator – &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 23:15, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose It's not really clear that this sign itself has any encyclopedic value. It's the raid that was important, not the sign telling us there was a raid. In fact, this sign isn't mentioned in any article. Mattximus (talk) 02:14, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose For me the reflection of the red glare and street light is too distracting and is something that could be overcome so I oppose on technical grounds. |→ Spaully τ 11:10, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose Per other – Jobas (talk) 20:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Withdraw - Ok let's go ahead and withdraw this. I wasn't sure about it to begin with. Good learning experience, but no need to draw it out. :) Not sure if withdrawing is something I do or a third party does, so I'll just leave this here. &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 01:38, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 00:56, 13 January 2017 (UTC)