Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John Philip Sousa

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Apr 2011 at 03:41:36 (UTC)

Original - John Philip Sousa was an American composer famous for his marching music

Reason: High Ev as lead image. It is has been restored very good
Articles in which this image appears: John Philip Sousa, Music of Washington, D.C., List of Sinfonians
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment?
Creator: E. Chickering

Support as nominator --Spongie555 (talk) 03:41, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The 'restoration' has removed some type of studs from his hat and replaced them with 'bulletholes'. I'm 50/50 about the removal of the author's sig & date at the bottom, but removing those studs is definitely both a negative and a no-no. Could possibly do with some further scratch removal too. --jjron (talk) 12:20, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I consider this an irresponsible retouching, and I'm tempted to revert it--an edit this major should be in a new file, not uploaded over the existing file. As jjron says, the studs have simply been removed, and I can't imagine why. Also, instead of repairing the background, the editor has simply blurred the whole thing, which creates a bokeh-style look that is not appropriate for the period. I see no particular reason to remove the signature. Chick Bowen 21:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I've restored the original file and have uploaded the edit separately. I've changed the nominated image name so that it links to the edit. Maedin\^talk 19:20, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --J Milburn (talk) 10:59, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]