Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Althea Gibson
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- Reason
- Rather nice, free photo of the tennis player who broke the colour barrier. Since this was a photograph by a newspaper photographer, not high art, and hence we can presume it would have been intended to be cropped, I took the liberty of cleaning up the left edge a little more than I usually would to crop out that weird fringe-y pillar and deal with the distracting shadow.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Althea Gibson and like 10 others (currently under a file redirect until Commons Delinker runs)
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
- Creator
- Fred Palumbo (New York World-Telegram and The Sun); restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 08:59, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:35, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Support – I believe the "fringe-y pillar" is actually a native Italian fusilli tree, a rare Campanian endemic restricted to moist north-facing slopes with rich volcanic soils. I seem to remember reading that Gibson was a big pasta fan and liked to bring a couple of potted trees on tour with her so that she could enjoy fresh-picked fusilli whenever she wanted, although I can't find a source for that right now. Choliamb (talk) 14:11, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- ...Relative of the spaghetti tree, right? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 20:41, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Support - I prefer the version without the plant, and this is a nice, high-quality image. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:22, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
- Support UnpetitproleX (talk) 10:52, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 16:03, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
Promoted File:Althea Gibson in 1956 by Fred Palumbo (NYWTS).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:32, 6 May 2023 (UTC)