Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Damage in the Gaza Strip (October 2023)

Damage in the Gaza Strip (October 2023)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Mar 2024 at 15:49:20 (UTC)

Original – Damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. (Commons caption)

Reason: Decent quality photograph which is a solid "a picture means a thousand words" for the Israel-Hamas war.
Articles in which this image appears: List:

War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
Bombing of Gaza
Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/November 12 to 18, 2023
Usage on 50+ pages across various languages and projects

FP category for this image: History/War
Creator: Palestinian News & Information Agency – Unnamed correspondence with Wiki Palestine

Support as nominator – The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 15:49, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – A variable ongoing spot news event, and as such inappropriate as an FP candidate. – Sca (talk) 20:16, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This isn't FAC. We can use documentary photos here, as long as there's reasonable chance of them remaining. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 11:18, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As was often said in our past, "Wikipedia is not a news ticker." This scene could change any day and quite likely will due to the vagaries of war. And IMO, main page play might be misconstrued as POV. -- Sca (talk) 14:53, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Fulfills all criteria: well-composed and effective, clear encyclopedic value. Regarding the changing situation: it seems likely that articles on this topic will proliferate as more historically significant events happen, along the lines of what we have seen with Russian invasion of Ukraine, which now encompasses I don't know how many lengthy sub-articles. Therefore, it is reasonably likely that this image will continue to be used prominently in some articles. Regarding the main page: it will be several years before it gets there, at current rates, and we have had other powerful images of still-controversial wars on the main page before (this one, for example, or this). Our readers are capable of distinguishing between documentation and advocacy. blameless 02:10, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In all fairness, those wars have ended. Is there a precedent for giving FP status to ongoing conflicts? – Howard🌽33 21:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Iraq War had a bunch. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 00:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I think Wikipedia should stay well out of possible controversy. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:07, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to note, this image is used on over 50 pages across the Wikipedia and was the image noted in the Top 25 Report when the Israel–Hamas war was the 14th most viewed article during a week. If one image being promoted to FP is "controversy", why is it not controversy to have it on that many pages and a Top 25 report? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 21:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone, particularly those with a distinct PoV, can edit Wikipedia and there is no voting to monitor it; only a revert which itself courts controversy. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:44, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Howard🌽33 21:22, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
comment There don't appear to be any people in the photo so not sure this is "Palestinians inspect the damage". area appears to be Rimal although it should be possible to geolocate more exactly.©Geni (talk) 05:40, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 12:29, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The caption is obviously wrong as no people are shown in the image, and it can't be promoted with this. Ping me when this is corrected. Nick-D (talk) 00:24, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nick-D: isn't the person behind the camera part of the inspection, though? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 17:37, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, not really. Nick-D (talk) 09:40, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nick-D: Well, I've gone ahead and fixed it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 17:05, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Adam Nick-D (talk) 09:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Now the caption is corrected, this image clearly illustrates what multiple RS have described as the level of destruction across much of Gaza so has strong EV. The photo is also well executed technically. Nick-D (talk) 09:22, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support High EV. – Yann (talk) 23:06, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Damage in Gaza Strip during the October 2023 - 29.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:10, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]