Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Crewmen of the USS Texas, 1918

Crewmen of the USS Texas, 1918

Original - Crewmen of the dreadnought battleship USS Texas (BB-35) pause for a little fun and a picture soon after they have returned from the European theater, 1918

Reason: high quality, interesting image.
Articles in which this image appears: USS Texas (BB-35), 14"/45 caliber gun
Creator: Underwood and Underwood

Support as nominator --—Ed (talk • majestic titan) 22:29, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Interesting and okay quality, but I find enc. rather low: It doesn't show very much of the ship, and other pictures of the full ship exist at that time as well (File:USS Texas (BB-35).jpg). Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 03:39, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I have just added this to 14"/45 caliber gun as well (forgot that it was a picture of the guns, too...) Do you think this increases the encyclopedic value enough to change your !vote? Regards, —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 03:51, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I keep my vote. If the focus is then on the guns, the the crew members are distracting and take the focus off the guns (they provide some, be it limited EV with the ship). In addition, a side view of the guns would be a better angle. Spencer^{T♦Nominate!} 00:01, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry, have to agree with the limited EV, seems kitschy rather than encyclopaedic. And also brings back creepy and unsettling memories of Cher in that filmclip. --jjron (talk) 11:44, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose, I've got to agree on the limited EV argument, plus the focus should be on either the guns or the crew, not both. I say this as one of two editors who have brought USS Texas (BB-35) up to GA/A and have a vested interest in the article on the ship here. -MBK₀₀₄ 05:10, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted —Maedin\^talk 12:38, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]