Talk:William Howard Taft

Rfc for William Howard Taft's Lede Image

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Which of the following images should serve as the infobox picture for William Howard Taft? Teknologi Positif (talk) 10:20, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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  A (Current Image)
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  B

Teknologi Positif (talk) 10:20, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Just making sure that Emiya1980 and Adam Cuerden, participants in the above discussion, are aware of this RfC and the many other image changes (and several RfCs) that have been initiated by Teknologi Positif over the past 24 hours.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:29, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Of course. Teknologi Positif (talk) 13:36, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

A is a featured picture, B. is absolutely full of chromatic aberration. Seriously, I'm about ready to give up on doing any restoration of any president. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 15:05, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Wehwalt: Other than this one (which was malformed), which RfCs might those be? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 21:55, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Van Buren, but I think you're aware of that. "Several" may have overstated the case, sorry. Wehwalt (talk) 22:09, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

The Martin van Buren RfC was initiated by Emiya1980, not by Teknologi Positif, although the latter user has made one comment there. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:00, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Here are two additional photographs that have been used in the lede infobox in the last few years:

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  C
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  D

Bruce leverett (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

A and C have a common ancestor, but whilst A is cropped, C is lower resolution than A. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:08, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

A is of course, the photographer's crop. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 22:36, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

• I prefer A. Emiya1980 (talk) 23:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

@Redrose64, Wehwalt, and Bruce leverett: Do you have a preference for any of the images listed? Emiya1980 (talk) 02:45, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I would find A, B, and C acceptable. I don't like D because whatever technique was used to lighten it has resulted in an appearance of ghostly fog.

I do not understand the claim that B has chromatic aberration. How can a black-and-white photo have that problem?

I am embarrassed to be complicating the discussion further at this late stage, but I found the following interesting photo in the Wiki Commons:

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  E

This is a photo from Taft's tenure as Chief Justice. I like the relaxed smile. But I admit his tenure as President is more popularly familiar. Bruce leverett (talk) 16:04, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Bruce leverett Of A—C, which do you prefer? Emiya1980 (talk) 22:01, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

I really do not have a preference. Bruce leverett (talk) 00:30, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Bruce leverett That's disappointing to hear seeing as how you added 3 additional choices on top of the two originally presented.Emiya1980 (talk) 01:05, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

• A. I have not seen a compelling reason why the currently used image A, which has also been named a featured image, should be changed to image B. Mintopop (talk) 04:54, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
• I am reading some of the replies and I am also not really seeing what is wrong with the current image or why a new image would be better... Jorahm (talk) 16:49, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
• I prefer A. The image in C is too far away from the subjects face, so eventually people will change it. The image in D looks faded or washed. - Caddyshack01 (talk) 19:01, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
• The current image (A) seems adequate. If editors are looking to change the image merely for the sake of changing the image, then I suggest we not change the image. Writethisway (talk) 18:05, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
• A (invited by the bot) "C" and "D" would also be fine. All good, and with typical angle and expressions. "B" looks bad and "E" is a bit non-typical. North8000 (talk) 13:54, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
• A: (Summoned by bot) I'm also fine with D or E. B looks weird and C is too zoomed out. C F A 💬 15:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
• A: (Summoned by bot). I think the current image is the best one out of the current options we have. B and D are a bit blurry (especially D), and C appears to just be A but uncropped. Not directly opposed to E, but the depth of field blurring and the contrast on it doesn't make it my first choice. Any of the proposed images would be a fine fit if A weren't already the current picture, however, and I'd support changing it to A were that the case anyway. SmittenGalaxy | talk! 15:47, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
• A This is the best option of the crop of options given here. Nemov (talk) 16:52, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
• A, per the reasons others have given. There doesn't really seem to be a necessity to change it.--Brocade River Poems (She/They) 18:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
• A. I like how the photo looks compared to the others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by A Socialist Trans Girl (talk • contribs) 10:32, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

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