Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Sisiters On Exibit

The Sisters On Exibit
Voting period ends on 11 Nov 2015  at 09:27:34 (UTC)
 * Reason:Prostitutes on display in Yoshiwara during the Edo Period, Japan. This particlar kind of photo was sometimes captioned "The Sisters on Exhibit". The image itself is a silver print, and given what I know about Japan at this particular period in time I would venture a guess that this was probably an establishment in a designated red light district, although I could be mistaken about that. This is a little under the current the current size requirements, but I'd ask for a degree of leniency here as this image comes from a red light district in the Edo Period, well before our time.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Prostitution, Yoshiwara
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
 * Creator:possibly by Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部 金幣) (1841 - 1934)


 * Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 09:27, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Historical, although somewhat below minimum resolution. Could be D&R-ed once higher resolution emerges. Brandmeistertalk  19:12, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Support, on quality and EV. But could we get a date? Or at least a circa date, with some research, perhaps, to add to the image page? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 04:04, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Label should be elsewhere, not on the image. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:05, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I will add a border to the bottom and move the label there, then upload an alternate. It might be an improvement. Bammesk (talk) 03:27, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That would still be on the image. Read commons:Commons:Watermarks. If it were original to the photograph, fine, but it isn't. It's a subsequent addition. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 08:20, 4 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Support Just EV. --Tremonist (talk) 15:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: User:Wolftick's comments regarding image size in the above Tesla discussion would also apply here. To quote, "It seems frequently FPCs below minimum size are asked to be accepted because they cannot be reproduced due to the subject of the photo being dead or no longer existing. In fact it is the digitisation of the original photo that is being put forward, not the photo itself. As long as the original still exists I see no reason low resolution should be accepted any more than it would be in a scan of a painting for example." --Paul_012 (talk) 07:33, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Also, the source for the current file version isn't noted. --Paul_012 (talk) 07:53, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – Jobas (talk) 14:11, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose; Fails basic criteria so upports should be ignored The image is still for sale so it would be trivial (if moderately expensive) to get a better copy. "I don't want to pay" simply isn't a reason to promote a low-quality copy. Even without paying, Better copies of such images certainly do exist. Indeed, even an uncoloured copy of this exists at high-res. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:47, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind that when I put an image here its as an observer, not a critic. To me, a neat picture is a neat picture, to you and a handful of others here a picture is an impressive collection of pixels and digital coding designed to create all manner of colors and depths. The difference between us then with regards to the criteria for what should be a featured picture is rather like the difference between a life boat and star-ship - you go where I can for the most part only dream of going, while I am happy just to be be able to float with the best/rest of you. (P.S. :You're missing an "s" for your "upports" :-) TomStar81 (Talk) 02:51, 6 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Crisco 1492 and Adam Cuerden. Kaldari (talk) 02:27, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose as above. Josh Milburn (talk) 13:46, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: This photo was not taken in the Edo Period, it's a Meiji period... So, I think this photo doesn't represent Edo period style of Yoshiwara. --Laitche (talk) 06:46, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 09:28, 11 November 2015 (UTC)