Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tony Iommi in 2009

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath onstage in 2009
Voting period ends on 20 Feb 2013 at 20:14:18 (UTC)
 * Reason:High EV and high quality
 * Articles in which this image appears:Tony Iommi, Italians in the United Kingdom
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
 * Creator:Photobra


 * Support as nominator --GeezerB (talk) 20:14, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Conditional support. Absolutely brilliant photograph, but I'd like to see the "Lancy" in the bottom left cloned out. It draws the eye and looks unpleasantly like a watermark. J Milburn (talk) 22:32, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I think it adds an encyclopedic value by telling the viewer that Iommi uses Laney amplifiers. GeezerB (talk) 22:38, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * And since you really can't see the amp, and since the amp isn't the focus, it's distracting. I think J Milburn is right on this one.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  23:22, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm uncomfortable about the idea of removing something that's actually in the photograph without really, really good reasons, which I don't think we have. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:36, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - Isn't this below the new threshhold? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:48, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Very much so, so Oppose — raeky  t  01:24, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Reluctant oppose - If only this were nominated a year and a half ago... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:24, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * It's blurry even at this size, so giving it more pixels likely wouldn't of changed much. — raeky  t  05:31, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose per issues above, but in addition I don't like that the guitar is cut off at the top (after all, it is the tool of his trade), as it's a little too dark for me - cannot tell where the body of the guitar ends and his shirt begins... The background is distracting too, as evidence by the fact that half the discussion so far is the few letters in the bottom left corner... gaz hiley  14:59, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak Support The guitar being cut off is unfortunate but overall it's a pretty good image and he's the subject more than the guitar, the guitar is just an enhancement to the image since it shows the tool of his trade. For the people giving the new size guidelines as a reason, if you want to seem credible give a real reason to oppose rather than cowering behind some recent change in the whims of the few people who control when the size guideline is upped every few years.  Cat-five  t  c   06:48, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll also note that the size guideline (note that they're guidelines, not hard and fast rules) is, and always has been, so that we have flexibility in using the image as necessary on Wikipedia and that people who may wish to reuse our content, in line with the applicable license, may do so with maximum flexibility. If someone can honestly come up with a good example of how an image being a few hundred pixel on a side really detracts from its usability then I'll reconsider my position.  Until then stop being pedantic and use some common sense when applying the guidelines.  Cat-five  t  c   08:18, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 20:15, 20 February 2013 (UTC)