Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Japanesesuicide.jpg

Suicide of two Imperial Japanese Marines

Original - Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands in the Pacific

Reason: This does an excelent, if somewhat disturbing, job of conveying death by suicide during World War II.
Articles this image appears in: Suicide, ~~Seppuku~~, Death and culture
Creator: United States Marine Corps

Support as nominator TomStar81 (Talk) 10:28, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've removed the photo from seppuku. Seppuku is suicide by slicing the abdomen. It is not a synonym for "suicide." The photo illustrates suicide, but not seppuku. This comment is not about the photograph but about its use. Fg2 (talk) 11:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support The same as here. —αἰτίας •discussion• 17:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Spikebrennan (talk) 22:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The blurry foreground object in the bottom is distracting-- I think that the photo could be improved by cropping it out. Spikebrennan (talk) 02:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Chilling image and the quality is fair --Abdominator (talk) 23:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support The rarity and encyclopedic value of such a photograph outweighs the technical flaws. Thisglad (talk) 18:44, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Regretful Oppose Blurry thing in the bottom is really distracting. --Shark face 217 23:49, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to Support because the blurry thing has been removed. --Shark face 217 00:29, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Doesn't illustrate suicide per se. The soldiers might have been killed as well (I am not doubting they committed suicide though).--Svetovid (talk) 16:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please crop out the foreground before I close this. Thanks. MER-C 02:16, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done - I didn't think it was worth making a seperate "edit" so I just overwrite the original --Fir0002 04:10, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Fir0002, I appreciate your editting the image. TomStar81 (Talk) 09:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Quality low, and in no way a unique picture. There probably are lots of shots of suicided soldiers. The Burningmonk.jpg on the suicide page is much more iconic. Find a large scan of that, and I'll support it. --Janke | Talk 10:32, 30 December 2007 (UTC) (PS: Sorry for being late here, I somehow missed this candidate earlier - holidays...)[reply]
It's fair use, so it would be ineligible. MER-C 04:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Japanesesuicide.jpg MER-C 04:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]