Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Light bulb patent

Light bulb patent

Original - U.S. Patent #223898: Electric-Lamp. Issued January 27, 1880 to Thomas Edison.

Edit 1 - Cropped.

Reason: A reproduction of Thomas Edison's original patent for the light bulb. Restored version of Image:Light bulb Edison.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Thomas Edison, Incandescent light bulb
Creator: Thomas Edison

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 09:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - very fine quality (love the paper texture) and wonderful EV - Peripitus (Talk) 09:51, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support because of top enc. --Janke | Talk 11:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support with marginal preference for Edit 1 for its quality and EV. Not the most wowing image, but it's great to see the patent diagram for such an important invention. What do people think of all the white space? Crop or leave it alone? Fletcher (talk) 13:21, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I'd crop it a bit, say 50% of linear border measure. --Janke | Talk 13:47, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but why is the paper white on the right, then light grey on the left? Can it be made to be one colour? Spencer^T♦^C 13:52, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Uneven aging. I uploaded a version overnight that should have corrected that. In case that didn't show in the thumbnail I'm forcing the system to create a new thumbnail. In case I've been staring at this too long and lost perspective, please let me know if that element still needs work. Thanks, Durova^Charge! 15:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Looks good now. Spencer^T♦^C 21:47, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support whether it gets cropped or not. good ev Intothewoods29 (talk) 16:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ Support Edit 1. I would support a crop, but as it is the white space just removes detail from the thumbnail. NauticaShad es 00:34, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- All right, I did it myself. NauticaShad es 15:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I prefer to retain the aspect ratio of the original, personally. It's the historian's perspective that views this as a document and takes care to restore the original paper grain. People who have engineering or programming backgrounds see this image and ask for vector graphics, which makes perfect sense in a totally different way. We'll see what the other FPC voters think. Durova^Charge! 15:51, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Sounds fair. NauticaShad es 01:59, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Quality image. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 02:55, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support With mild preference for original. Quality and EV per Fletcher. Mostlyharmless (talk) 23:11, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support original; Oppose edit. I like it better with the first aspect ratio, and a little white space doesn't hurt the enc. Clegs (talk) 15:08, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support either with preference for cropped, it seems to display the patent better. Pie is good ^{(Apple is the best)} 22:02, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support original, weak oppose edit 1 - I just think it looks better as it was originally, not cropped - more official, less... artwork. The crop also emphasises the unbalance left and right, bringing out an aesthetic flaw not really noticeable in the original. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:12, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note to Closer: Could you leave this open a little longer to give people time to respond to Edit 1? NauticaShad es 15:31, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Well, no one seems to oppose the original, so I guess that one passed! :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 17:59, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- As someone who has not been involved with the course of this nomination, I would second the view here expressed by Intothewoods29, and would be prepared to close it if there are no strongly dissenting voices. It seems that Nautica has also conceded to Durova's preference in a comment from 8 August, above. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:45, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~The original image was promoted by --Meld shal 00:09, 11 August 2008 (UTC).~~[reply]

Promoted Image:Light bulb Edison 2.jpg --jjron (talk) 08:08, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]