Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Last Spike

Last Spike

Original - Donald Alexander Smith, driving the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The photo was taken in the morning of November 7, 1885, in Craigellachie, BC.

Reason: This is probably the most famous photo of Canadian history. It is symbolically important as well, illustrating the coming together of the Dominion of Canada.
Articles this image appears in: Last Spike, Canadian Pacific Railway, British Columbia, Craigellachie, Donald Alexander Smith
Creator: National Library and Archives of Canada

Support as nominator 99boy (talk) 04:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support despite size, the photo is still excellent and quintessential towards the articles it's in. -- atropos235 ✄ (blah blah, my past) 08:31, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose - Important, but the size is way too small. diego_pmc (talk) 19:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question - which exposes my ignorance in this matter, but I have to ask. If someone took a print of an old photograph like this which hadn't been blown up and put it on a high res digital scanner, would it make any difference? It seems to me that just because it's the highest resolution available on the national archives website, doesn't mean a better quality scan couldn't be made if someone put forth the effort. Please advise. Thanks. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 22:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Normally, yes. The exceptions would be if the print was badly damaged, or if you were using a low-quality reproduction [e.g. a highly half-toned reprint in a newspaper or cheaply-printed book. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:04, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because this is nothing near the quality of the original (I don't think). So, we need a better scan... even if one currently isn't online. gren グレン 00:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Not the same photo, and some degredation, but: [1] - I like the one currently up for FPC better, though. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:47, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose high historic value and good composition, but because it's so famous, a higher res version could surely be produced. --Uncle Bungle (talk) 03:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 14:31, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]