Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Allotropes of carbon

Replace: Allotropes of carbon
Voting period ends on 16 Sep 2019  at 18:31:20 (UTC)
 * Reason:Replaced by SVG. Even so, not too fussed if this gets delisted - I think this diagram is not complex enough to be FP and the SVG replacement could have better presentation, particularly representing the carbon atoms with dots (as seen in the current FP).
 * Articles this image appears in:Allotropes of carbon, Carbon, Nonmetal
 * Previous nomination/s:Featured picture candidates/Six Allotropes of Carbon
 * Nominator: MER-C


 * Delist or replace &mdash; MER-C 18:31, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. In theory I'm a big fan of replacing png by svg when possible. In practice, in this instance, I'm not sure about the quality of the replacement. In the png version, we have a classic ball-and-stick visualization of the molecules, with atoms represented as small balls and bonds represented as cylinders with visible thickness. Both are shaded, differently, to indicate their three-dimensional nature. Additionally, farther-away objects are shown in proper perspective (with smaller-looking balls and thinner-looking cylinders), making the depth of each object in each diagram clear. In the svg version, all we have is featureless line segments where the sticks were, no balls, and no easy way to see which objects are supposed to be closer and which farther. So I think some significant quality is lost. On the other hand, if we're going to use the svg in our articles going forward instead of the png, we can't continue to list the png as featured. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:14, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with this sentiment entirely. I've informed the author of the SVG version so that they can make these improvements. MER-C 16:36, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delist, no replace. As it is both images are unsuitable (png: wrong format, unused in article space; svg: inadequate quality compared to png). —David Eppstein (talk) 07:40, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 21:47, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Although the nomination didn't reach quorum, the file needs to be delisted (because it's unused). Armbrust The Homunculus 21:47, 16 September 2019 (UTC)