Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Minstrel PosterBillyVanWare edit.jpg

Blackface

Original

Edit 1 - removed crease from top left

Reason: It couldn't get much more encyclopedic. You have the before and after, and the image is high quality, sharp, and high resolution.
Proposed caption: This reproduction of a 1900 minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the blackface transformation from white to "black".
Articles this image appears in: Blackface, Minstrel show
Creator: Strobridge Litho. Co., c1900.

~~Support as nominator~~. Support either — BRIAN0918 • 2007-11-27 23:07Z
Support. This is so ridiculously offensive that I must support it. Plus, what Brian said. howcheng {chat} 23:28, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Technically flawless, enc, and public domain. Good find.--Here T oHelp 00:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support --⁪ffroth 01:38, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support (edit 1)Really nice, iconic image. On the plus side, the colors are fresh and vibrant, the object is in near-mint condition. However the fact that there's a legend in the lower right corner that is illegible is a let-down. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 02:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- It's a copyright notice. Just ignore it ;o)--mikaul^talk 14:30, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~ with a quick question. Is the line that runs across the top left corner, through west's portrait, a fold?D-rew (talk) 04:12, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- It definitely looks like a slight crease or fold. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-11-28 16:06Z
  - Shame, just wondering b/c it kind of looks like a corner holder. Any edit that could reduce that?D-rew (talk) 04:13, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - I actually was about to get rid of it, but didn't want to mess up the coloring on the guy's cheek. If I remember, I'll work on it later. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-11-29 13:56Z
      - I took a shot at removing it (Edit 1). CillaИ ♦ XC 16:25, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        Looks good! — BRIAN0918 • 2007-11-29 16:44Z
        Which means you've now supported twice. --jjron (talk) 11:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        Yep. I support either. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-11-30 16:01Z
        You can't do that in two separate votes - you either need to change the original vote to 'Support either' and cross out this one, or cross out the original vote and make this one 'Support either'. What if everyone just kept re-voting willy-nilly every time a new edit went up? Not very fair on other users or the closer, and as I've said, not the way it's done. --jjron 08:04, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        If you insist. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-12-03 14:22Z
        Ta. --jjron (talk) 13:19, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        
        Smashing, really looks good. Support edit 1D-rew (talk) 19:57, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1, highly encylopaedic. --Aqwis (talk – contributions) 08:03, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom and others. Very nice. --mikaul^talk 14:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Minstrel PosterBillyVanWare edit.jpg --Chris.B | talk 16:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]