Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gandhi smiling

Gandhi smiling

Original - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha which led India to independence and has inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi. He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.

Reason: This one will be a good choice as the Picture of the day on October 2nd, International Day of Non-Violence
Articles this image appears in: Hinduism in India
Creator: Yann

Support as nominator --Hbkrishnan (talk) 08:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry, it's an iconic image, but the quality is too poor. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:57, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is there any indication that this is even able to be uploaded to Commons? The copyright law for India states that it's 60 years after it's PUBLISHED but there is no indication that this image was ever published. The Time LIFE images on Google are from their archive and specifically says many have never been published. If it was never published then it would be 60 years from the death of the photographer. There is a good bet the photographer did not die more than 60 years ago (since he would of had to die just a year or two after taking that image). Likewise Time LIFE hasn't licensed that image freely for commons, it specifically says for non-commercial use. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 09:01, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I have nominated the image for deletion on Commons quoting your reasoning above. Hopefully some evidence will be forthcoming that this image was published. J Milburn (talk) 10:24, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Regardless of copyright concerns, this just isn't there, quality wise. J Milburn (talk) 10:24, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose An iconic picture, to be sure. But not FP quality. Silvestra (talk) 23:50, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 208 FCs served} 00:08, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]