Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/June-2009

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Tupolev Tu-95 aeroplane

Original - A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-95 bomber in flight.

Reason: It seems to be a bit quiet round here at the moment so I thought I'd liven things up. The photo clearly shows the counter-rotating propellors and swept-back wings that are a characteristic of this aeroplane. The refuelling probe on the nose is also shown well. I would have nominated this for FP but the resolution's a bit low.
Articles this image appears in: Tupolev Tu-95, (Russian Air Force)
Creator: Sergey Krivchikov - Russian AviaPhoto Team

Support as nominator --Time3000 (talk) 11:10, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nominator. --can dle •wicke 11:59, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support great demonstration for Russian Air Force. Zoo Fari 22:09, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:07, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Agreed, nicely done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 02:49, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tupolev Tu-95 in flight.jpg --wadester 16 04:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (Dugdale edition)

Original - Frontispiece to W. Dugdale's c. 1825 edition of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage:

Lo! where the Giant on the mountain stands,
His blood-red tresses deep'ning in the sun,
With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands,
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon;
Restless it rolls, now fixed, and now anon
Flashing a far,—and at his iron feet
Destruction cowers to mark what deeds are done.
For on this morn three potent nations meet,
To shed before his shrine the blood he deems most sweet.

Reason: It's very useful to have a good-quality title page from a first or early edition in articles about books (and poems). While not the first edition, this is still quite early - 1825, seven years after the poem was completed - and the rather nice engraving adds a bit of wow to it.
Articles this image appears in: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
Creator: I. H. Jones

Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:06, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Renominated now that one month has passed. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:06, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Original nom wadester 16 05:45, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Can't spot any obvious flaws. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:39, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support EV not bad... Zoo Fari 14:12, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 02:48, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Good EV. Maedin\^talk 16:56, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lord Byron - Childe_Harold's Pilgimage_-_Dugdale_edition.jpg --wadester 16 16:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hudson River

Original - Photograph of the Hudson River looking north from the Bear Mountain Bridge

Reason: High encyclopedic value, reasonable technical quality
Articles this image appears in: Hudson River, used as a minor part of about 100 others
Creator: Rolfmueller

Support as nominator --–Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:46, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I can't see it in Hudson River... Noodle snacks (talk) 09:34, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. It was an issue with the infobox. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ewww, infobox image and millions of other articles. Strong support. Zoo Fari 03:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Noodle snacks (talk) 03:16, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, agree. --can dle •wicke 21:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 01:51, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hudson river from bear mountain bridge.jpg --wadester 16 16:42, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jackson Creek, Dutchess County, New York

Original - Jackson Creek off of Noxon Road (CR 21) in Lagrangeville, Dutchess County, New York

Reason: Meets the criteria as far as I can tell
Articles this image appears in: Jackson Creek (Sprout Creek)
Creator: Juliancolton

Support as nominator --–Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:52, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm not really sure that the subject is notable enough to be honest. The article is a one line stub. I'd like to see notability better established before promotion. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, images don't have to be "notable". Sorry, but is there something I'm missing here? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:46, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Refering to WP:NOTE mostly. Can you expand the article a bit? Noodle snacks (talk) 03:17, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think that's irrelevant to the photograph itself, but sure; I'll get on that tomorrow. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:44, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I like to see an image used in more than 2 articles, being the lead in at least one. That implies "value" to me. wadester 16 02:06, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Can you coordinate it? Zoo Fari 19:54, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --wadester 16 16:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Richea pandanifolia

Original - Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) near Lake Dobson, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Reason: Variety of plants at different sizes. The tallest specimens in the shot are about 5m high. Only commons shot of the species and genus as far as I know.
Articles this image appears in: Richea pandanifolia, Richea
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 09:24, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support taxobox+2articles= good EV. Zoo Fari 14:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 02:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support--MandalaWill (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC).[reply]
Support. --can dle •wicke 21:56, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Richea pandanifolia.jpg --wadester 16 16:42, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kistvaen

Original - Kistvaens are burial tombs or cists from the Neolithic age, i.e. approximately 4,000 years old.

Articles this image appears in: Kistvaen;Dartmoor kistvaens
Reason: Great EV and very good quality, already VI at commons as the most valued image on the subject.
Creator: the Herbythyme

Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 02:39, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support good angle choice :-) Zoo Fari 20:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per above. --can dle •wicke 21:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
support - Illustrates a topic very well. - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{__ΞΞΞ_} . -- 22:54, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per nom. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 10:40, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Drizzlecombe kist 5.JPG --wadester 16 16:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Leonard Siffleet execution

Original - A photograph found on the body of a dead Japanese soldier showing NX143314 Sergeant (Sgt) Leonard G. Siffleet of "M" Special Unit, wearing a blindfold and with his arms tied, about to be beheaded with a sword by Yasuno Chikao. The execution was ordered by Vice Admiral Kamada, the commander of the Japanese Naval Forces at Aitape. Sgt Siffleet was captured with Private (Pte) Pattiwahl and Pte Reharin, Ambonese members of the Netherlands East Indies Forces, whilst engaged in reconnaissance behind the Japanese lines. Yasuno Chikao died before the end of the war.

Reason: Valuable image, used in many articles.
Articles this image appears in: Leonard Siffleet and others
Creator: Not known

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 15:12, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nominator.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:50, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, agree with nominator. --can dle •wicke 21:55, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great historical value. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 10:40, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support yep, EV is definitely there. Zoo Fari 17:13, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Beheading of Leonard George Siffleet.jpg --wadester 16 16:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Visual acuity at and beyond fixation point

Original - This picture shows the acuity of foveal vision in reading (during one eye stop). The lower line of text simulates the acuity of vision with the relative acuity percentages. To do a test close one eye, fixate the upper line at the fixation point and try to read the words to the right and left without moving your eyes. The result should be similar to the incrementally blurred lower line of text - except that you never have the impression of a blurred text. The reason: Your visual perception is already the result of a massive computational analysis made by your brain. Your system "knows" that the upper line is not blurred, so you don't see it as blurred. But the difficulty of recognition increases with the distance from the fixation point.

Reason: This diagram provides a demonstration of the fact that your eyes must move rapidly during reading since you can only read a word or two at each eye stop. The upper line allows a reader try it out for him/herself, and the lower line is a good representation of the loss of acuity over distance.

I came across this image about a month ago, and upon seeing that there is such a thing as valued images, I remembered this picture. I cannot think of another image I have encountered on Wikipedia that contributes as much to its article as this one does to eye movement in language reading. I thought of nominating that article as a GA, but then realized that the article could use a bit of work; its this picture that makes the article seem so good.
Articles this image appears in: Eye movement in language reading , Reading (process)
Creator: Hans-Werner34

Support as nominator --TachyonJack (talk) 15:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support . The encyclopedic value is considerably good. - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{__ΞΞΞ_} . -- 22:54, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support I'd like to see a vector version, one without having the words obscured by the diagram. Zoo Fari 22:56, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I can see the EV of this diagram in printed form. However, there are a wide variety of different pixel pitches and viewing distances present. There really isn't any information about the dot pitch or anything required for accurate viewing. Noodle snacks (talk) 23:37, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, encyclopedically valuable. --can dle •wicke 21:51, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Spiral5800 (talk) 08:08, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV, and furthermore, both mentally and visually interesting. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 10:38, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:EyeFixationsReading.gif --wadester 16 16:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chateauneuf du Faou and Aulne

Original - Châteauneuf-du-Faou on the River Aulne (downhill from its junction with the Nantes-Brest canal). Brittany, France.

Reason: High quality image with big EV. The town and Nantes-Brest canal have a very long and interesting history that add to EV. The image is VI at Commons
Articles this image appears in: Châteauneuf-du-Faou
Creator: Herbythyme

Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 01:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Zoo Fari 01:52, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. --can dle •wicke 21:47, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quorum. --wadester 16 16:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Johnson

Original - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States.

Reason: High quality lead image of the 17th President of the United States.
Articles this image appears in: File:Andrew_Johnson_-_3a53290u.png#filelinks
Creator: Mathew Brady, touchup/cleanup by Jaakobou

Support as nominator --Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 13:25, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Amazing EV! Good thing about actually linking to the file links instead of listing them :-) Zoo Fari 17:12, 12 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, per ZooFari.--ragesoss (talk) 01:12, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quorum. --wadester 16 04:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blackberries

Original - Blackberries at various stages of ripeness: unripe (green), ripening (pink and red), and ripe (black)

Reason: It's the best image we have showing what blackberries typically look like, and includes the full range from unripe to ripe
Articles this image appears in: Blackberry, Ripening
Creator: Ragesoss

Support as nominator --ragesoss (talk) 01:29, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Great picture, ridiculous resolution, nice illustration of ripening. I wonder if the caption should note that it is the green which are ripe, the pink which are ripening, and the black which are ripe. Maybe that is too obvious since they are called blackberries... I'm not sure. -- TachyonJack (talk) 04:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, and good idea. It is a good illustration of ripening, to which I've just added it.--ragesoss (talk) 05:09, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Very good graphic explanation of a too specific topic. - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{__Ξ_} . -- 23:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support - very nice. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 09:41, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Perfect image for describing this. --can dle •wicke 01:52, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ripe, ripening, and green blackberries.jpg --wadester 16 04:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Frontispiece to Voltaire's Philosophy of Newton

Original - In the frontispiece to Voltaire's interpretation of Isaac Newton's work, Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton (1738), the philosophe sits translating the inspired work of Newton. Voltaire's manuscript is illuminated by seemingly divine light coming from Newton himself, reflected down to Voltaire by a muse, representing Voltaire's lover Émilie du Châtelet—who actually translated Newton and collaborated with Voltaire to make sense of Newton's work.

Reason: It's a fascinating frontispiece full of interesting details, and it's a point of connection for art, science, literature, gender, nationalism, and other big, important topics. The scan quality falls just a little short of Featured Picture standards, but it's still quite good.
Articles this image appears in: Émilie du Châtelet, Voltaire, Passionate Minds
Creator: From Voltaire's book; L. F. Duboury and I. Felkema? are the artist/engraver pair; scanned by the University of Oklahoma Library; minor editing by Ragesoss

Support as nominator --ragesoss (talk) 01:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Noodle snacks (talk) 03:53, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --can dle •wicke 01:57, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quorum. --wadester 16 04:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Protesters march towards the Capitol

Original - Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (USA), during the September 15, 2007 protest against the Iraq War. Protesters are shown with a variety of signs, including the yellow and black signs of ANSWER Coalition, which organized the event.

Reason: It's well-composed illustration of a fairly significant protest, showing both the large crowd and the Capitol in the distance, with many legible signs, outfits and props. Incidentally, it's also used as the cover of a recent Cambridge University Press book, Speech Out of Doors.
Articles this image appears in: Protests against the Iraq War, September 15, 2007 anti-war protest, Pennsylvania Avenue
Creator: Ragesoss

Support as nominator --ragesoss (talk) 01:59, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment needs a little more EV for VP. The image itself is great, and good that the signs are readable, but it needs some more EV in description. Maybe improve captions and/or find another relevant article? The captions within the file page should be more descriptive, telling us exactly what's happen without having to go to the article. Zoo Fari 02:11, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've expanded the description and added the image to Pennsylvania Avenue.--ragesoss (talk) 02:32, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Great, but I think the caption in this thumbnail better describes the event. Can that be used instead (or merge it into the current one)? Zoo Fari 03:01, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - If you mean on the description page, I think it's now the same caption; I had used the wrong formatting for linking Wikipedia articles, so the linked text was all omitted. Fixed now.--ragesoss (talk) 03:55, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - Great. Just one more thing, are you able to coordinate the image? If so, it will fill my EV critique to support.
        Done. I should've done that earlier.--ragesoss (talk) 04:23, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support meets my EV criteria to support. It is also an honor to have it as a front cover :-) Did you check if they, you know, released it with your desired license? Zoo Fari 04:36, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- No, the author contacted me directly and asked for permission to use it; at my request, he tried to get Cambridge University Press to include a CC license for the cover, but they wouldn't and I let them use it anyway. For other types of publications I wouldn't do that without payment, but for academic books the authors (who rarely make any money off the books) often have to secure all the image rights themselves. So all I got was a copy of the book. --ragesoss (talk) 05:05, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well it's still an honor and very generous of you :-) Zoo Fari 05:08, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SupportNoodle snacks (talk) 04:45, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quorum. --wadester 16 04:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bubble sort

Original - A bubble sort is a sorting algorithm that continuously steps through a list, swapping items until they appear in the correct order. A bubble sort is an example of a comparison sort; it performs a sorting function by comparing list items with one another.

Reason: Highly informative, I got the gist of what a bubble sort is just by looking at this image.
Articles this image appears in: Bubble sort, Comparison sort, Sorting algorithm
Creator: User:Nmnogueira

Support as nominator --Cacophony (talk) 18:27, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Do you think you can do the following?

Place image in 2 more relevant articles (not in galleries).
Update the description in the file page, perhaps using a more descriptive caption like the one in this one.

If you can do so, it will fill the needs for my EV evaluation to support. Other than that, it is a pretty good image. Zoo Fari 23:39, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not. The subject is limited to a very specific concept. I don't think that makes it any less valuable to the article that it illustrates though. We will have to agree to disagree about your VP criteria. I think an image that does a really good job of illustrating one concept/article is at least as valuable as one that is just used in a bunch of galleries and navigation templates. Cacophony (talk) 00:22, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not just about value, it is EV as well. In that case, all images would be valuable to their article. But don't worry none, you don't have to follow my evaluation. Zoo Fari 00:38, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was easily able to add it to Comparison sort and Sorting algorithm. Still meets the criteria, as it's been in its home article for more than a month. wadester 16 14:18, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support. It's an excellent complement to the text explanation in bubble sort.--ragesoss (talk) 01:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Excellent graphic demostration. - Damërung ^{...ÏìíÏ...}_{__Ξ_} . -- 23:29, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think the ideal animation is one that executes a number of algorithms simultaneously on the same data set. Be huge as a gif though. Noodle snacks (talk) 04:06, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bubble sort animation.gif --wadester 16 04:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Subwavelength-diameter optical fibre

Original - A light-conducting silica nanowire wraps a beam of light around a strand of human hair. The nanowire is about one-thousandth the width of the hair.

Reason: Fairly low resolution, but big enough to get the point across.
Articles this image appears in: Eric Mazur, Subwavelength-diameter optical fibre
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 01:19, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ Weak support, simply because it's so small. It should be moved to Commons (that's the "conditional" part of my vote).--ragesoss (talk) 01:30, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Done It is now at Commons. wadester 16 06:25, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quorum. --wadester 16 04:46, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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