Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein on Trial

Original - Saddam Hussein was a leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party and president of Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988) and the first Persian Gulf War (1991). Saddam was deposed by the U.S. and its allies during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003. Saddam was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U.S.-led forces. On November 5, 2006, he was convicted of charges related to the executions of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites suspected of planning an assassination attempt against him, and was sentenced to death by hanging.

Reason: Good, large image of Saddam Hussein in an important part of his life. Indisputable EV.
Articles this image appears in: Saddam Hussein, Abu Nidal, Rumours of the death of Saddam Hussein, Human rights in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Trial of Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations timeline, Execution of Saddam Hussein
Creator: U.S. Military/Defense Department (Edited by jjron))

Support as nominator --Fryslan0109 (talk) 01:57, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hi rez, sharp, and irreplaceable (he's dead). Still, it has the hand in front of the face and the color splotches.--HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 02:16, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not imperfect (it's a bit compressed for such large dimensions), but overall a good portrait and excellent ev. Durova^Charge! 04:34, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support A good portrait with EV. Muhammad(talk) 07:11, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The caption may need to be lengthened, maybe add some of crimes he was charged with? Muhammad(talk) 10:12, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Closing note: original version, for which replacing is required. MER-C 06:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I expanded the caption with info from the Saddam Hussein lead. Intothewoods29 (talk) 16:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose As mentioned above, the hand in front of his face is somewhat of a distraction and definitely hinders the overall composition. The fact that it is completely out of focus further impede's the overall quality. -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 17:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose The hand a bit spoils this good portrait and I also think that image is a little too dark. Andrew₁₈ ^@ 21:39, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The hand doesn't bother me. A good historical portrait -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:41, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Thought it was good enough at PPR to inspire this minor edit, so will support here as per my comments there. The hand is a slight issue, but also adds some additional emotion - probably greatest EV for those articles dealing with the capture/trial. --jjron (talk) 12:30, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Jjron, who makes the case quite well.--ragesoss (talk) 18:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. To me the hand in front of his face actually enhances this image. He was (at the time this was taken) once the all-powerful dictator of Iraq, then on trial for his crimes in power. Like most such strongmen, his face was on images all over the country, unobstructed, symbolizing absolute power. The fact that his slightly blurred hand is here in front of it is thus an excellent symbol for how he had fallen by that point. Daniel Case (talk) 19:52, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support —αἰτίας •discussion• 21:36, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The unedited version of this file appears on a few of those pages as part of a Saddam Hussein profile on the bottom of the page. I am not sure how to edit this so that the version on which you are voting will appear there, so if someone could go ahead and do that, it would be handy.Fryslan0109 (talk) 23:19, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The closer will do that if need be, but if you want to edit the template yourself an easy way is to click on the small e at the lefthand end of the Saddam Hussein title bar (direct link to the template here). That will then change it for every page that uses that template. --jjron (talk) 07:59, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This isn't a posed portrait (and we have those), but something that captures the expression of Hussein in his last days. If anything I think that the hand, which only obscures a small part of the beard, adds to the EV when used in articles relating to his capture and trial. Mostlyharmless (talk) 02:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I doubt that we will have any better one in near future. Full support. M.K. (talk) 14:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Per above. And "he-he" to the last comment. ~ Wadester16 (talk) 17:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support The hand makes it more interesting Shii (tock) 04:57, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I always liked this picture, and add another hehe to M.K|M.K's comment. --Silvestra (talk) 23:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Saddam Hussein at trial, July 2004-edit1.JPEG MER-C 08:11, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]