Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Liberty across the Atlantic

Liberty across the Atlantic

Original - World War I poster for French war bonds, emphasizing the United States entry into the war as an ally of France. Translation: For worldwide liberty, purchase a subscription to the National Credit Bank's national issue.

Reason: A French war bond poster from December 1917. Much of the war's fighting took place on French soil and the Americans entered late in the war as an ally of France. This poster references historic ties between France and the United States. Translation provided on image upload page.
Articles this image appears in: Franco-American relations
Creator: Sem (1863-1934), restored version of Image:Statueoflibertyfrance.jpg.

Support as nominator while it's still Independence Day in my time zone. :) --Durova^Charge! 04:52, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I don't really like the imbalance of a border on the sides and top, but not on the bottom. Would it be acceptable to crop out the three remaining borders? NauticaShad es 18:58, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- As you can see from the linked original, the artist created this poster with the border on only three sides. This restoration is in keeping with the original artistic intention. Durova^Charge! 19:04, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's a shame the artist also chose to put black lettering on the dark part of the picture. --bodnotbod (talk) 03:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - The impression I get is that the bottom line of lettering serves as a kind of bottom border. Of course that's conjecture. Durova^Charge! 03:21, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose nice restoration but are there no posters from France with better design? - the lack of bottom border and unreadability of the text is annoying. Mfield (talk) 04:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Its a nice image, but I have problems with the text, as I wonder if the average user will be able to find the translation. I guess its mostly an annoyance, per above. smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 13:52, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Okay, I've added the translation to the caption. As far as the text I could give it another pass; before starting the nomination I had spent five hours reconstructing the lettering. Would it make a difference in your opinion if the letters were darkened more? Durova^Charge! 16:18, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Just concerning the text, I think the darkened water makes it already too difficult to read the text. Something should be done to make the text more discernible. The text is currently a dark blue, and I question if that is the original color. I would think a dark black or light black would be appropriate. smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 18:35, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'll give that area some more attention then. Please stand by. :) Durova^Charge! 20:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original Text appears as it should be.Greener Cactus (talk) 20:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 03:36, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]