Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/World War I trenches at Dead Sea

World War I trenches at Dead Sea

 * Reason:Currently, none of the images at Featured pictures/History/World War I depict the Middle Eastern theater of that war. It's time to correct that systemic bias and I believe this has more technical merit than some of the images already featured.  Restored version of File:Turkish trenches at Dead Sea.jpg
 * Articles this image appears in:Dead Sea, Sinai and Palestine Campaign, Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
 * Creator:American Colony Jerusalem


 * Support as nominator -- Durova Charge! 01:15, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support I agree, this is a pretty good image and it's about time the Middle Eastern theater of WWII got some recognition. I don't think it has a place in the Dead Sea article though. I was there just now and there isn't a single reference to the war effort in there, and the image seems quite out of place there. If noone disagrees, I'll proceed with removing it from there. Mad Tinman T C 21:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support Pretty good image of the Mid East theater of WWI. Agree with Mad Tinman about removal from Dead Sea article. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 16:18, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support - Quite an eerie photo, but a very good one that meets the criteria nonetheless. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 06:08, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Support - This is a very moving photo, to say the least. I also agree with the view of Abraham B.S. above. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Support Good image. Weak support only because its EV is good but not outstanding. Makeemlighter (talk) 05:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose I don't want to be disrespectful but seems a fairly mediocre example of a trench (see some of the photos trench article) and there's nothing in it (AFAIK) that makes this scene distinctive to the Middle Eastern theater of war.--Fir0002 07:58, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, yes. It is a mediocre example of a trench (which is why it doesn't appear at that article).  The Ottoman Empire was in a tailspin.  Quite illustrative for the Middle Eastern theater of WWI though.  Durova Charge! 08:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * But how is it illustrative for the Middle Eastern theater of WWI? Is there anything in this scene which is unique to that theater? To put it another way, if you were shown this photo with no other information could you identify it conclusively as coming from the Middle Eastern theater of WWI? --Fir0002 22:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

--Wronkiew (talk) 02:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)