Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/DeLancey W. Gill

DeLancey W. Gill

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 10, 2024  by - Dank (push to talk) 21:24, 5 June 2024 (UTC)



DeLancey W. Gill (1859–1940) was an American drafter, landscape painter, and photographer. When he was a teenager, rather than travelling west with his mother and stepfather, he moved in with an aunt in Washington, D.C. Here, he eventually found himself employed as an architectural draftsman for the Treasury. He created sketches and watercolor paintings of the capital city, with a particular focus on the still-undeveloped rural and poorer areas of the district. While working as an illustrator for the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology in the 1890s, he was appointed as the agency's photographer without prior photographic training. He took portrait photographs of thousands of Native American delegates to Washington, including notable figures such as Chief Joseph and Geronimo. Although his photographs widely circulated, they have come under modern criticism for his frequent use of props and clothing given to Native American delegates, at times outdated or from a different tribe.
 * Most recent similar article(s): No painters or photographers of any sort in the past year it seems.
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 * Promoted: May 23, 2024
 * Reasons for nomination: His birthday is July 1st, and thus I think it'd be fitting for that day! Gill is really prominent in the photography of Native American figures around the turn of the century, and his story ties together some really engaging artistic evolution with a lot of the unfortunate aspects of American attitudes towards Natives.
 * Support as nominator. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 16:55, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Very nice article, and I'll be happy to add it to WP:TFAP to run next year ... July 1 and July 2 are taken this year, and there's already been some discussion about preserving both of those slots. - Dank (push to talk) 18:05, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, I didn't know that. I'm not too hung up about it being specifically on his birthday, so if there's another gap in the month we can throw him in to, that'll be fine. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, happy to do that. - Dank (push to talk) 18:23, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support The alternative for this date are Flag of Canada, which has already run previously. An article which has not run should be given priority over an article that has not. It can also run at some other time. Harizotoh9 (talk) 01:22, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)