Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The White Elephant

The White Elephant
Voting period ends on 25 Feb 2013 at 11:26:39 (UTC)
 * Reason:This illustration has encyclopedic value as an accurate representation of the deteriorating situation in Uganda in 1892 which eventually led to the demise of the British East Africa Company.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Imperial British East Africa Company, White elephant
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
 * Creator:John Tenniel


 * Support as nominator --— Arsonal (talk + contribs) — 11:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Stong Oppose, sorry. Without the caption, the artwork is largely meaningless; The caption is part of the work with early cartoons, and it makes no more sense to remove it than to remove the text from cartoon speech bubbles; in cartoons of this period, the caption serves the same purpose as speech bubbles do in modern cartoons. There's also some description issues - Governor is Cockney slang, the character is talking to what appears to be John Bull, certainly not Gerald Portal, which is what you linked; there's no evidence that the character is a circus proprietor, indeed, a reliable ource identifies him as a "parody of an African explorer". Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:51, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the corrections. It didn't occur to me to search for references by using the caption. I have applied the changes. — Arsonal (talk + contribs) — 03:02, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment there is a crease down the middle (horizontally) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:02, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Technically, that's a gap between the wood blocks that made up the print. The magazines often weren't particularly careful about getting things perfectly aligned. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:51, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the info. Arsonal has added the caption to the description page, is that enough for you? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:34, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
 * No, it's part of the image, and shouldn't be removed. It's a basic necessity for understanding the cartoon; I'd probably not support it even if it appeared in the articles (which it doesn't), frankly. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:31, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 12:30, 25 February 2013 (UTC)