Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1899

Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1899

Original - Mission San Juan Capistrano in California as it appeared in 1899, photochrom by William Henry Jackson

Reason: Mission San Juan Capistrano was one of the most ambitious of the Spanish colonial missions in California, and also underwent repeated damage and rebuilding. This is a high resolution photochrom print of the courtyard as it appeared in 1899 after two earthquakes and nearly 7 decades of neglect. Restored version of File:Mission San Juan Capistrano unrestored.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Mission San Juan Capistrano
Creator: William Henry Jackson

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 06:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Information This article has probably been one of the top 0.2% (my estimate) most detailed and best written WP articles for about three years now. Mdhennessey was the last editor to contribute substantial amounts of quality material to the article, between 17 January 2007 and 20 March 2008, and left WP on 21 March 2008, citing lack of respect for scholarly research as the reason. User:Lordkinbote had done significant work on the article between 3 April 2005 and 19 November 2006, and left under the same complaint on 27 November 2006, linking to the account of one-time admin User:RickK, who appears to have been an admin at one time, and who left with the same complaint on Jun 21, 2005. May their contributions be remembered. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question Can you clarify? Is this the only picture of this section of the Mission in reasonable repair? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:40, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support GerardM (talk) 21:09, 8 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice. There's even a song about it. anyway, you really can't win with these kinds of things - if it's historic, they want more modern, but look up a bit at the Anne Frank house one, where they think it's too recent. Both have their place and are good. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 13:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Not enough EV since it shows so little of the mission. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support It shows enough of the mission for me. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 15:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Makeemlighter. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:14, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom and Erik vis-a-vis Makeemlighter. Xavexgoem (talk) 18:18, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support This image is clearly iconic for numerous reasons, of one of the most famous and historic sites in California. The off-topic material above should have no bearing on the worthiness of this image for promotion.--Filll (talk | wpc) 04:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Your argument should not be based on the notability of the article, but the quality of the picture. The article has many pictures that are of sufficient resolution - what makes this one stand out as one of Wikipedia's best? Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:18, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support and thanks. --Caspian blue 15:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this part of the mission still standing? Further input re: enc please. MER-C 08:33, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I don't think the FOV is wide enough to convey much information. Noodle snacks (talk) 08:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Pretty, and excellent restoration, but doubtful EV in an article that is full of images: why is this one better than one that shows how the mission looks today? Spikebrennan (talk) 16:08, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above, better views of the mission are available in the article. Fletcher (talk) 23:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 10:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]