Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gobustan inscription

Reason: Not wowish, but high EV (the easternmost evidence of Roman military presence) and clearness.
Articles in which this image appears: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, History of Azerbaijan
FP category for this image: History
Creator: Grandmaster

Support as nominator --Brandmeister[t] 06:40, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The depicted object is of great importance, but the picture itself is simply poor.--Desiderius82 (talk) 10:43, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The subject itself is interesting, but I'd say this fails criterion 3b. NauticaShad es 12:13, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Criterion 3 says that "historical and otherwise unique images may not have to be classically beautiful at all", but looks like we are talking about tastes here. Brandmeister[t] 13:43, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Indeed, but 3b says that a picture should "illustrate the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more." I'm not saying that this picture should be beautiful, just that it is not particularly compelling. NauticaShad es 14:17, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - In this case it is not about beauty, it's about depicting the subject in the best way possible. To start with, the angle at which the picture was taken, makes it more difficult to read than if it was taken with the camera sensor in parallel to it. This is not the kind of subject that is extremely difficult to photograph, so we can hope for a better FPC. I totally agree with Desiderius' and Nautica's comments above. Luca (talk) 19:03, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Shouldn't have been taken at such an oblique angle. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:36, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:47, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]