Original - Lithograph of
Louis Agassiz, a 19th century Swiss-American zoologist and geologist, and one of the most noted scientists of the dayAlternative -
Louis Agassiz
Reason
Scientists are pathetically unrepresented in our FPs, with a total of approximately zero, unless you take a long shot and count
Edison and/or
Thomson, or the group shot from the
Solvay Conference. While going through the delist for the low EV
Agassiz statue below, I found a couple of decent shots of him in the article. I prefer the first one, it falls just short of the 1000px, but near enough for me. The second one is good too if people want to be really anal about the size requirements, but I prefer the first.
I realise you're new to FPC so are still learning the ropes, but if you
change your vote for some reason you're meant to strike the original and replace it with your new vote, not just overwrite the vote (and generally give a reason for changing, even if it is that I commented on your
Trevi Fountain edit). --
jjron (
talk)
05:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Oppose original Does not meet size requirements. Oppose alternate Nothing really stands out. Just a slightly sub-par picture. crassic![
talk14:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)reply
I agree we should have an FP of Agassiz, and that these are decent scans of what are, presumably, fairly small originals (You can tell if you know a bit about Victorian engravings). That said, though, they aren't partiicularly great illustrations. Perhaps the one at t he LoC would do, if substantially cleaned up.
Shoemaker's Holiday (
talk)
16:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Support original. It feels like a very accurate portrait. It would be easy to sneak in another 55px without anyone complaining that it needs a tighter crop, so I don't see the problem.
Papa Lima Whiskey (
talk)
19:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)reply
Original - Lithograph of
Louis Agassiz, a 19th century Swiss-American zoologist and geologist, and one of the most noted scientists of the dayAlternative -
Louis Agassiz
Reason
Scientists are pathetically unrepresented in our FPs, with a total of approximately zero, unless you take a long shot and count
Edison and/or
Thomson, or the group shot from the
Solvay Conference. While going through the delist for the low EV
Agassiz statue below, I found a couple of decent shots of him in the article. I prefer the first one, it falls just short of the 1000px, but near enough for me. The second one is good too if people want to be really anal about the size requirements, but I prefer the first.
I realise you're new to FPC so are still learning the ropes, but if you
change your vote for some reason you're meant to strike the original and replace it with your new vote, not just overwrite the vote (and generally give a reason for changing, even if it is that I commented on your
Trevi Fountain edit). --
jjron (
talk)
05:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Oppose original Does not meet size requirements. Oppose alternate Nothing really stands out. Just a slightly sub-par picture. crassic![
talk14:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)reply
I agree we should have an FP of Agassiz, and that these are decent scans of what are, presumably, fairly small originals (You can tell if you know a bit about Victorian engravings). That said, though, they aren't partiicularly great illustrations. Perhaps the one at t he LoC would do, if substantially cleaned up.
Shoemaker's Holiday (
talk)
16:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Support original. It feels like a very accurate portrait. It would be easy to sneak in another 55px without anyone complaining that it needs a tighter crop, so I don't see the problem.
Papa Lima Whiskey (
talk)
19:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)reply