Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs. Germany 2012-09-11 - Thomas Müller 01.JPG

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Original – Thomas Müller is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and the German national team. Müller plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking midfielder, second striker, centre forward and on either wing. He has been praised for his positioning, team work and stamina, and has shown consistency in scoring and creating goals.

ALT - Edited for more head room

Reason: High quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Thomas Müller and List of Germany international footballers
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator: Michael Kranewitter

Support as nominator – Alborzagros (talk) 13:57, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I respectfully disagree with the nominator about EV. It only appears to be used in Thomas Müller and a list of footballers. It does not seem to contribute much to either. As a simple snapshot portrait, it is hardly among wikipedia's best work. Even in the Thomas Müller, there are other images that are of higher quality and actually depict the subject in the activity he is notable for. Becky Sayles (talk) 14:13, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Just as Becky Sayles stated, this picture does not contribute any significant information about the said footballer --DUCK404 a (talk) 01:42, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How many articles are needed to be featured picture? I have never heard about a nominee photo the necessity of being glued to several articles.Alborzagros (talk) 14:22, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment -What does not contribute any significant information about the said footballer? Only lead picture. And only appears to be used in Thomas Müller and a list of footballers - please - now. It is perfecly enough. Hafspajen (talk) 20:49, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Look, just because my opinion does not agree with yours does not mean that you need to criticize it. My reason is valid - a photo simply showing a footballer with a neutral expression has a very low EV. Be mature, and stop arguing - DUCK404 a (talk) 18:42, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 20:48, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good quality --Muhammad(talk) 19:45, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support any but prefer ALT - as per Muhammad and Crisco. Hafspajen (talk) 20:47, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I'd prefer a bit more head room. Anybody against me trying to clone in some space above him (separate upload, of course)? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:37, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ALT ADDED, Support alt 1. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:12, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - before any of the many new accounts start objecting, FP rules say: Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in a photographic image is generally acceptable provided it is limited, well-done, and not deceptive. Typical acceptable manipulation 'includes cropping', perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and colour/exposure correction. Hafspajen (talk) 12:48, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You highlighted "includes cropping" as if this were cropping, but it isn't. If creation of cloned content is deemed to be allowed (which I personally disagree with), then I think it should be explicitly included in the "acceptable manipulation" list to avoid doubt. 109.152.146.134 (talk) 03:45, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment- Yeah. Saw this comming. Hafspajen (talk) 07:55, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support either version. It's a good portrait shot used as a lead image in a bio article. That's plenty of EV to be featured. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:29, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support either. Per Rreagan0007. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:43, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Like The Alternate One National Names 2000 (talk) 13:55, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs. Germany 2012-09-11 - Thomas Müller 01 edit.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:58, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is a rough consensus that the Alt should be promoted. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:58, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]