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Rubik's Cube

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Original - The Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik; its success around the world has seen sales of more than 390 million units by 2009.

Version 2 - same but with modified orange. Used in many articles via the {{Groups}} template.

Reason: A remarkably simple image that does all that it needs to to convey its point. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this was an SVG, because I thought it was just a really good photograph when I saw it in the article. Then unsurprised to see that it's already featured on four projects. No reason it shouldn't be here. Even at size shown at right, it's still deceiving that it's not a photograph.
Articles in which this image appears: Rubik's Cube
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Booyabazooka

Support as nominator --upstate NYer 23:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't think an svg is a suitable format for something that should be a photo. The colors are too bland and the detail just isn't there as it as an svg, and it doesn't do the image justice. Spencer^T♦C 23:33, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Info The jpeg version is File:Rubiks cube.jpg. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:23, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: So this is a photograph that has been converted to SVG? J Milburn (talk) 10:39, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Don't know. upstate NYer 02:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is; see the image description page and PLW's comment above. The photograph isn't high quality though. --Avenue (talk) 07:49, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Spencer. gazhiley.co.uk 16:16, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Info There is a version with the colors tweaked, File:Rubik's cube v2.svg. This is used in the {{Groups}} template which appears in dozens of articles.--RDBury (talk) 22:51, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And there is another version with reflections and shadows added, File:Rubik's cube v3.svg, which is a featured picture on the German wikipedia, and is used in many articles via {{algebra-stub}}. --Avenue (talk) 07:46, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And there is another version slightly different used on the Finnish Wikipedia and many articles there. File:Rubik's cube v4.svg --158.158.223.2 (talk) 03:21, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Facepalm upstate NYer 04:47, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Illustrates the rubik's cube perfectly, who cares if there are other versions out there? The sonic boom candidate was shot down because there were too many alts, and now this looks like it might be shot down because there are not enough alts mentioned! Aaadddaaammm (talk) 13:16, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Like others, I'm not convinced an SVG is the best illustration of this. After all, a Rubik's cube is not a mathematical abstraction, it's a manufactured object. A diagram that showed how it worked, like File:Pin tumbler with key.svg, would be fine, but this is just what it looks like externally. It's really not a diagram, but a drawing based on a photograph. Chick Bowen 00:42, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- I have some sympathy for that view regarding its use in the Rubik's cube article, although given the other images in that article, I don't find the argument compelling. I don't think it applies at all to its use in {{Groups}}. The whole point of using it there is a mathematical abstraction, where one views the operations on the cube as a permutation group. The partially completed move in the SVG image illustrates this nicely. --Avenue (talk) 13:54, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support version 2. A clean, simple, striking image with excellent EV in our permutation group article (via the Groups template). --Avenue (talk) 13:54, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt Nergaal (talk) 21:29, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Really not feeling the use of svgs for photographs... J Milburn (talk) 19:24, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - EV is limited if it's just an illustation. Rubik's cubes are not hard to come by, and it would be more than feasible to take a feature-worthy photograph of one. --Ephemeronium (talk) 22:31, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is just one of those things that would better be depicted with an actual photo. -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 04:52, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I count 4 supports and 5 opposes. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:10, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:10, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]