Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William Stachowski

William Stachowski

 * Reason:High quality portrait of a notable politician provided to us by the office of the subject. I know some people dislike these images, but I would certainly be supporting, so I am happy to nominate.
 * Articles in which this image appears:William Stachowski
 * Creator:New York Senate photography staff


 * Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 23:12, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Question How do we know the right person released this image? Since OTRS essentially takes an uploader's word (assuming they have a @senate.state.ny.us email address), that means the janitor (should he have an email address) can release this, per our methods. The NYS Senate actually does release its content CC-BY-NC-ND, which is good, but not good enough. But I don't think anybody but a representative of the Senate leadership has the ability to release this. IMO, the image is owned by "the Senate" at large, not just the senator or his staff, so being released by his staff doesn't seem valid to me. I could very well be wrong, but I'm just not convinced yet. ❄  upstate NYer  ❄ 23:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not a lawyer, but I personally think this is legit. The person sending the email is emailing on behalf of the subject and the senate, and explicitly said they are authorised to release the image. I'm willing to take their word for what they are and are not authorised to do. It's possible someone is out-and-out lying about who they are, but this is a possibility with every submission. J Milburn (talk) 00:09, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose While a good photo and definitely shot professionally, that speaks of most elected federal politicians in the US. This photo doesn't possess exceptional quality or significance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.34.213.214 (talk) 00:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 22:42, 5 January 2010 (UTC)