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Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Sheldonian Theatre Interior, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 4, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-05-04. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:05, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

The Sheldonian Theatre is a theatre in Oxford, England, designed by Christopher Wren and built from 1664 to 1669 for the University of Oxford. Used for music concerts, lectures and university ceremonies, the building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, the chancellor of the university at the time, and the project's main financial backer. According to Wren's son, the design was inspired by Sebastiano Serlio's 16th-century engraving of the D-shaped Theatre of Marcellus erected in Rome in the 1st century BC. The ceiling, partly depicted in this photograph of the theatre's interior, consists of thirty-two oil-on-canvas panels originally painted by Robert Streater, King Charles II's court painter, and depicts an allegory of Truth descending upon the Arts and Sciences and expelling ignorance from the university.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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More appropriate lead image for info box

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This image is a better contender to be the lead image for the info box of the Sheldonian Theatre article, as it conforms better to MOS:IRELEV, showing specifically the front façade elevation of the Theatre, whereas the other photo shows the side of the building surrounded by its neighbours, giving the reader a less clear impression of what the article refers to. This image conforms better to standards of architectural photography suitable for an encyclopedia entry. MOS:IMAGEQUALITY states "think carefully about which image best illustrates the subject matter", giving an example of the subject being depicted alone, which further conforms better to MOS:IMAGELEAD.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheldonian_Theatre,_Oxford_University.jpg TheNewAthens (talk) 11:45, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yes, agreed the above image link is far more suitable for the info box, as it focuses clearly on the more recognisable front side facade of the building. Current image of the side facade is a quality image in general however, but in comparison more suitable for the gallery section as further depictions of the theatre. Death Star Central (talk) 13:33, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I strongly disagree. The new image has dubious lighting, and I expect has been photo-shopped. It also makes the Sheldonian look like any other Baroque facade, hiding the most distinctive and unusual feature of the building, its curving rear. TheNewAthens is a very new editor, ALL of whose edits have been putting HIS OWN PHOTOS as the lead image of famous buildings. Johnbod (talk) 13:55, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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