Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/England Expects

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Original – England expects that every man will do his duty

Reason: This is considered the most famous signal to have been sent in the Royal Navy. It was hoisted aboard HMS Victory on orders from Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson at the onset of the Battle of Trafalgar, and has become a culturally significant part of British history. As a rallying cry, the signal has been copied in some way shape or form by various other naval groups spanning both time and continent. This is a vectorized version of the flag signal, as such while not ostensibly at the 1000px minimum needed it should not be an issue given the ability of vectorized images to be re-sized as needed.
Articles in which this image appears: Battle of Trafalgar, War of the Third Coalition, John Pasco, England expects that every man will do his duty
FP category for this image: History
Creator: Original created by John Pasco, this version created by Commons User:Ipankonin

Support as nominator --TomStar81 (Talk) 01:21, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. While this has some historical significance, I don't see how this is an example of Wikipedia's best work. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:45, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Very well done, adds value to an article, very encyclopedic and quite interesting. I think this definitely is an example of Wikipedia's best work. In this Featured Picture corner I think we get a little caught up with "visually stunning". In the end, this is an encyclopedia. Its job is to teach, inform and enlighten in a clear and interesting way. This image does that perfectly. JBarta (talk) 18:40, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support significant especially to the article England expects that every man will do his duty. Pine^talk 05:39, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support but how do these flags work? There was a dictionary which translated words into 3-flag combinations or what? Why do you need 3 flags for the 2 letter "do", and why is "duty" split into its letters? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 10:52, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Try Wikipedia. I hear they got articles on just about everything.... JBarta (talk) 16:33, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Excellent EV, good quality, and definitely an example of Wikipedia's best work. —mc10 (t/c) 18:23, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Impressive SVG, high EV. Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:06, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:England Expects Signal.svg --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:10, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]