Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Monkey selfie

Monkey selfie

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Dec 2014 at 01:45:03 (UTC)

Original – A self-portrait by a Celebes crested macaque. This photograph, as well as another in the series, was at the center of debate over the copyright status of images created by animals in mid-2014.

Reason: After the dust-up earlier this year, the image has enough EV to be featured (a previous nomination failed, though that was a different version). Whether or not to feature this on the MP could be discussed at a later date.
Articles in which this image appears: Monkey selfie, Animal-made art
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator: A monkey

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:45, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I had supported it before and still feel this is a wonderful and creative one of a kind photo that now considering the courts ruling it surly belongs as a featured photo. talk→ WPPilot 02:31, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose.~~ Animal-made art is a work of art created by an animal. To consider something as a "work of art", there should be some minimum level of creativity. But according to David Slater's earlier comments, it is only the reflection on the lens that attracts them. And an accidental click made the sound which made them curious to repeat further clicks. ""They aren't known for being particularly clever like chimps, just inquisitive." So I don't think it is an "animal made art"; just the center of attraction in a cheap copyright controversy. (I read later somewhere that Slater tried to reword his argument that he had intentionally set up this scene to make it happen this way. Nobody believes it; but if true, then there is some level of creativity from his side which may attract copyright. But again, no creativity from the animal.) J e e 02:55, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Crisco, a new article? Hafspajen (talk) 03:19, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We could essentially split off what's already there, I think. Jee, how would you feel about this having its own article? It wouldn't necessarily need "art" in the name (though 'creativity' is a difficult argument, as paintings by animals have been made by a variety of species, both intelligent and not). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:10, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Split. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:38, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's OK if Monkey selfie notable enough; so Neutral. :) J e e 05:53, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Darn, the monkey shoots better than me and pulled out a featurable image :) Brandmeister^talk 14:23, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My own selfies are far below this standard. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:27, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - They were humans too.. --The Herald 12:57, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yann (talk) 13:56, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Because the face reminds me of a certain slotman on a certain copy desk, long ago. Sca (talk) 14:36, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support What a Monkey, is it a Monkey? Jim Carter 19:21, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Only in the Old World. Sca (talk) 21:42, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support I love it! KDS4444^Talk 06:49, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I love this picture! Such beautiful eyes! Such even teeth! I think the macaque was admiring herself in her reflection in the camera lens, but that's O.K. CorinneSD (talk) 17:02, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is the fun part with Corinne, she always discovers things one never notices - indeed this monkey HAS beautiful eyes - NOT THAT I USE TO GAZE MONKEY IN THE EYE OTHERWISE! Hafspajen (talk) 19:44, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Corinne's remark. Hafspajen (talk) 09:45, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support The image is unusual and the circumstance of how the image was captured is interesting in itself but the image really has a great quality and a lot of EV.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:34, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Surprisingly good image, considering, and the historicity is indisputable. Jus da fax 20:56, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wonderful in every way. High EV and historicity. Yakikaki (talk) 23:25, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Macaca nigra self-portrait large.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:48, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]