Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Hawaii turtle

Green turtle

 * Reason:because I like this image better
 * Nominator: Mbz1 (talk)


 * Delist &mdash; Mbz1 (talk) 18:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Can't agree with you there. Swimmer in the background of alternate image is distracting. Kaldari (talk) 19:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * A swimmer could be removed, but IMO a swimmer adds to the composition of the image and clearly indicates that it is not an aqurium shot.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Kepp - dunno, I actually like the current featured better. The one you suggest looks a little empty. diego_pmc (talk) 19:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per above.  crassic ![ talk ] 02:01, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. The beautiful habitat of the Hawaii waters says a lot about the species. And no distraction of the swimmer as per Kaldari. Jing  shen  16:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * May I please just point out that I believe that turtles cannot care less about "The beautiful habitat of the Hawaii waters". The thing is that turtles do not feed on live corals. The turtules feed on sea grass as is shown in this image of mine [[Image:Feeding Chelonia mydas in Kona1.jpg|64px]]. I do see turtles swimming by corals more or less often, but only because they are passing by from their resting (basking) ground to their feeding ground and back. I've noticed that more and more turtles feed closer to their resting ground without swimminng over corals. Here is the image, which I took from shore. You could see a turtle in a very shallow water probably feeding on sea grass and other turtle resting at the rock at the right hand side of the image.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that extra info. [[Image:Feeding Chelonia mydas in Kona1.jpg|64px]] is better than this image in terms of the feeding. But the FP in question has a better illustration of the environment that those turtles live in - amongst the corals. Jing  shen  02:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Info only. Just some information that people might find helpful in making their judgment. Original nomination for FP. and Commons nom for POTY here Jing  shen  03:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC).
 * Thank you for bringing these links up. I should have done it myself. It is interesting to review them after so many months, but once again turtules do not live among corals. They only swimm by and rarely rest under corals [[Image:Chelonia mydas is resting under a coral.jpg|64px]]. BTW may I please ask what do you think about these two images [[Image:Chelonia mydas 08-04-1.jpg|64px]] and [[Image:Total_internal_reflection_of_Chelonia_mydas.jpg|64px]] (the second one was taken not to illustrate a turtle, but rather to illustrate Total internal reflection). Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Wikipedia is not a place to advocate your personal views. OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I wish I knew what you are talking about, what personal view of mine I am advacating. I believe we are having a very polite discussion what image of mine represents green turtle and they natural habitat better. May I please ask you to be more specific and tell me where exactly you see me advocating my personal views that I would not repeat this mistake in the feature. Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I withdraw the nomination. Thank you all for the comments and for the votes.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

--jjron (talk) 08:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)