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The arguments that have kept this image featured in the past were the following:
All three claims are false.
On the first count, there are larger versions out there. This is a poor reproduction of the original. Take for example this uncropped scan File:Buffalo_skulls.jpg, which shows that there is considerably more detail in the original. This source also has a larger image available for a fee. Traditionally, and logically, an image is not featured because it is "the best available". If the best available doesn't clear the bar, then that image simply isn't featured.
The quality is also not acceptable given the time. Taken from the previous nomination, all of these images are from the same time period and have much higher quality. File:Panorama of Edo bw.jpg, File:Atlanta roundhouse ruin3.jpg, File:George Atzerodt2.jpg, File:Train station with train and coal depot by Gustave Le Gray2.jpg, File:DutchGapb.jpg. Given these alternatives, this version is pitiful.
As for the argument of great EV, its usage in all of its articles does not reflect this. It is generally just thrown into articles where it is a) not discussed b) often lost in an over-illustrated mess c) stands out in an article where it is barely relevant. It is ironic that its own EV as a massive pile of skulls is greatly diminished by its small size. It would be much more impactful if more, nay, any detail was visible.
Full disclosure, I voted to keep last time around. My views have changed. I doubt this would pass today.
Delisted -- Makeemlighter ( talk) 17:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Feb 2011 at 22:20:53 (UTC)
The arguments that have kept this image featured in the past were the following:
All three claims are false.
On the first count, there are larger versions out there. This is a poor reproduction of the original. Take for example this uncropped scan File:Buffalo_skulls.jpg, which shows that there is considerably more detail in the original. This source also has a larger image available for a fee. Traditionally, and logically, an image is not featured because it is "the best available". If the best available doesn't clear the bar, then that image simply isn't featured.
The quality is also not acceptable given the time. Taken from the previous nomination, all of these images are from the same time period and have much higher quality. File:Panorama of Edo bw.jpg, File:Atlanta roundhouse ruin3.jpg, File:George Atzerodt2.jpg, File:Train station with train and coal depot by Gustave Le Gray2.jpg, File:DutchGapb.jpg. Given these alternatives, this version is pitiful.
As for the argument of great EV, its usage in all of its articles does not reflect this. It is generally just thrown into articles where it is a) not discussed b) often lost in an over-illustrated mess c) stands out in an article where it is barely relevant. It is ironic that its own EV as a massive pile of skulls is greatly diminished by its small size. It would be much more impactful if more, nay, any detail was visible.
Full disclosure, I voted to keep last time around. My views have changed. I doubt this would pass today.
Delisted -- Makeemlighter ( talk) 17:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)