Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:The Beatles arrive at JFK Airport.jpg

The Beatles arrive at John F. Kennedy Airport

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Original – The Beatles arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City

Reason: High quality; historically significant showing The Beatles arriving in America, marking the start of the British Invasion
Articles in which this image appears: The Beatles, Beatlemania, British Invasion
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: United Press International, photographer unknown

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 03:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yes, that was in my TODO list. Yann (talk) 16:41, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:47, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:13, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose on technical grounds. It's blurry up close; I see banding and macroblocks as well. Moonreach (talk) 20:53, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:06, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Comparatively indistinct for mid-'60s. Jumbled spot-news comp. – Sca (talk) 12:35, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So? If you compare Nixon meeting Elvis (featured image) to the Moon Landing, it’s insignificant in the Nixon presidency. Wcamp9 (talk) 15:56, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – semi-historic, this is their first arrival to the U.S. (New York City JFK airport). Merits taking an exception for the technical issues. I don't think we have any FPs of them. Bammesk (talk) 17:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Surely we should find a better image of the Fab Four than this, tho. -- Sca (talk) 15:36, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And am I really the only one who sees the technical flaws? Look at the man in the fedora (second row, second from right) in full magnification. There's pronounced horizontal banding in the dark areas of his suit, and if you look at his lips and the brim of his hat you can see individual rows of pixels. These things pop up in detail areas all over the picture. I think this image was enlarged to its current size from a smaller copy at some point. Moonreach (talk) 17:09, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I agree, this looks upsampled. MER-C 11:27, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Giles Laurent (talk) 16:21, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Beatles arrive at JFK Airport.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:08, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]