Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/UK Roundabout delist

UK Roundabout


I don't know. This one became an FP back in 2004, possibly because it might have been one of the first animations on Wikipedia. Sadly, this just looks inadequate to me by today's standards. The animation is choppy and it's not that well drawn to begin with.

Recommend delist. --DaveOinSF 05:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep enc value. Choppy animation is not a limitation of the artist, but a technical limitation of gif format from getting too big (although it is slowly fading currenlty). -- antilived T 08:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is fine, and quite encyclopedic. If someone can produce a better one, though, that would be welcome. Nautica Shad e  s  09:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, per above.Bob talk 11:19, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep I love it, though if a superior animation of the same concept can be made then it could be replaced. Pstuart84 12:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Why everyone is driving in the wrong side of the road? ;-) Alvesgaspar 16:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delist unless prettified. OK, I haven't worked with animated gifs since 1996 but I don't see what the limitations are to make this less choppy. The image is 240K, so size can't be the problem, neither can it be the 256 color limit. This is still a moderately fun animation, but it's no longer FP quality. ~ trialsanderrors 19:09, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep trialsanderrors raises a good point about file size. This image is actually only 87kb, and we have FPs over 1MB all the time.  We could have 10x the framerate and still come in under a meg.  The limitations of animated gifs are mainly in color and filesize, not smoothness.  If this were coming up for FP today, it would not pass, but I don't think it's so shabby as to warrant delisting.  Also here is the  original nomination.  Has anyone tried contacting the creator to see if they can make a smoother version? --Dgies 08:46, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Creator update The image creator, User:Mintguy appears to have left the project a couple years ago. Image updater User:Fredrik is active but just announced a wikibreak. --Dgies 08:54, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oddly enough, the Non-UK version is 249K. That's the version I was looking at. ~ trialsanderrors 03:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep per above points. Sharkface217 04:59, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Historical value alone should not be used as an excuse to keep an inadequate image however the quality of this animation in addition to it's historical and informational aspects are enough to warrant keeping it around... though by all means someone should endeavor to create an updated version if possible. Cat-five - talk 09:27, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, encyclopedic, and it's OK. - Mailer Diablo 11:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: I agree with Mailer Diablo. [[Image:EtruscanS-01.png|15px]] [[Image:PhoenicianD-01.png|15px]] [[Image:Greek lc pi icon.svg|15px]] ( User •  Talk )
 * Weak Keep per above. I'd like to see a higher quality version or a redrawn version, but until then, I don't feel there is enough reason to delist.--Andrew c 02:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Retained Raven4x4x 23:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)