Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/1830 Thompson plat of Chicago (2nd nomination)
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- Reason
- Historically significant as the first plat of Chicago and thereby possessing EV. I withdrew the original nomination slightly more than two weeks ago over concerns of its timing and to work on the image by restoring it to remove non-contemporaneous subsequent additions. I have since learned from the Chicago History Museum that this is indeed the original plat. I have also included an alt
Alt 1 - brighter version - Articles in which this image appears
- James Thompson (surveyor), 108 North State Street, History of Chicago, Sauganash Hotel
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
- Creator
- James Thompson, with restoration done by John M Wolfson.
- Support as nominator – – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 02:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose – Poor definition; visual information not readily accessible. – Sca (talk) 13:41, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose – Fails criterion # 3 - this hardly "is among Wikipedia's best work"... However, it is useful and of good EV in the articles. --Janke | Talk 16:16, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose per Sca and Janke. Perhaps this has a shot at VI on Commons? Geoffroi 22:24, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose - I can barely even see the lines. Poydoo (talk) 21:47, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:31, 19 February 2020 (UTC)