Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney

Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney

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Original – In a rare comedic candid of the President, Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" look.

Reason: This image is featured on commons and used in two and a half (it is cropped once) articles on WP.
Articles in which this image appears: List of Internet phenomena, McKayla Maroney
FP category for this image: People
Creator: Pete Souza

Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 02:46, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is awesome.--Theparties (talk) 10:37, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is awesome, and a one-of-a-kind 'historic' image. --HectorMoffet (talk) 20:28, 30 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 09:35, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - :-, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:10, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — Cute, but it's a gimmicky posed shot of political figure by a photographer who works for him. Where politicians are concerned, candid shots are much preferred. Sca (talk) 14:14, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The image is not in Obama's article, but in the gymnasts. This shows her meeting the president, which is generally a decent indication of national recognition (especially when the president copies your signature move!) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:44, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fine to include it in McKayla Maroney, but I don't think it's appropriate for TFP. Sca (talk) 15:21, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Featured Picture =/= Picture of the Day. Not all FPs will be POTD, though all POTDs must be FPs. They are different processes. Please familiarize yourself with the distinction. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:35, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Not a fully posed shot. We can see distracting moving people behind in the original version. J e e 16:17, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Strong EV for the McKayla Maroney article and a well-executed photo, and it would also be useful in articles on how modern politicians present themselves. Nick-D (talk) 22:21, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I don't know. It feels a bit twee... We seem to love showing Obama left, right and centre, and this just feels like more of the same. I'm not necessarily convinced that her being next to Obama is actually that great- she's not a politician- I'd rather see her with a coach. J Milburn (talk) 00:15, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment as the image is also in List of Internet phenomena, I'd argue that this is not emphasizing Obama as a person, but the president as an office, showing how far the meme went. Same goes for sporting: meme, not athletics. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:40, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with User:J Milburn. Practically any photo of a sitting president (with practically anyone else) emphasizes that person. This pic, basically a PR shot, is just too cute — "twee" indeed. (Disclaimer: The preceding opinion has nothing to do with my politics.) Sca (talk) 15:53, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Showcases an Olympic athlete, a President of the USA and an Internet meme. That's more EV than a featured clothes iron. Saffron Blaze (talk) 16:35, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- But what a clothes iron! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC) [reply]
  - Is that the same as a clothes horse? Sca (talk)
    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_steam_iron.jpg Saffron Blaze (talk) 22:21, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - That's the one. Colin did a pretty good job for product photography there. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:24, 2 February 2014 (UTC) [reply]
        Indeed, deservedly a POTY candidate. Saffron Blaze (talk) 03:23, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support If allowed I would upload a meme here mentioning that: I haven't supported this picture and mckayla is not impressed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Godhulii 1985 (talk • contribs) 20:39, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support, not really eye-catching or high quality but quite a good photo. ///EuroCarGT 05:00, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:01, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]