Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:British Isles Euler diagram.svg
- Reason
- I just saw this picture for the first time, and it immediately struck me as an excellent diagram. It effectively sums up most of the British Isles (terminology) article in one image, and in a way that is, I think, very easy to understand. I can't think of a more effective way of presenting this information.
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- British Isles (terminology)
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- Support as nominator Terraxos (talk) 03:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Strong oppose Considering there is such debate over the usage of the term 'British Isles' (see British Isles naming dispute), I would only support if the term is replaced with a less objectionable alternative, eg. 'UK and Ireland', 'Islands of the North Atlantic', etc. Schcambo (talk) 12:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose Graphically unappealing. --Janke | Talk 13:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose per Janke. —αἰτίας •discussion• (Happy new year!) 22:08, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- Comment The picture needs to be a bit more lively IMO in order to become a FP. In it's current state it's quite boring. --Sharkface217 02:19, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose Fails to show relationship of Man aand Channel Isles to Great Britain. Rmhermen (talk) 02:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- How so? They aren't part of the island of Great Britain or its immediate sister islands (like the Isle of Wight)... --Golbez (talk) 04:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- I think what Rmhermen means is that it needs another political circle ("British Crown"?) that goes around the UK, the Isle of Mann, and the Channel Islands to show their political relationship. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 07:06, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yes. Right now they seem no more related than the Republic of Ireland which the Irish would certainly not appreciate. Rmhermen (talk) 17:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
- I changed it to address this concern. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 10:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support I was confused about the British Isles naming dispute, so I looked at this image a few months ago, and it really does communicate the relationships very, very clearly. I don't think it's possible for an illustration of these concepts to be more visually appealing; this is clean, clear, and simple. - Enuja (talk) 02:27, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Weak support Informative but not compelling. Extremely helpful if one is already interested, but I don't think it can be used to create interest in the subject. Technically I think it meets criteria 3. I don't think there's a reasonably better alternative to the term "British Isles" in this context (there are more territories represented here than just the UK and Ireland, and other islands of the North Atlantic exist that are not represented), but I'm open to the possibility. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 10:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Oppose. Useful but no wow. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Neutral I find the diagram very useful and informative, but there's just nothing to really grab a viewer. It's not a prerequisite for an Euler diagram, but something like this might be more useful still if the set areas were in a ratio based on population or physical area. Also, Scotland, England, and Wales should have their own areas (as Jersey and Guernsey do), shouldn't they? Or perhaps a different colour of line could be used to distinguish landmasses. I like the idea, but there's too much room for improvement to support it being an FP. Matt Deres (talk) 13:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
- Comment- The image is wonky when you click to enlarge it. Just has the new "islands" circle against a white background. hmm. Saudade7 04:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Not promoted MER-C 08:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
