Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sailors on the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes

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Original – Afro-Brazilian and mulatto sailors pose for a photographer on board the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes, probably during the ship's visit to the United States in early 1913.

Reason: High-quality, restored image of a much-maligned class in Brazil: as stated in South American dreadnought race#Revolt of the Lash, "... the racial makeup of the navy's crews [was] heavily black or mulatto, as opposed to the mostly white officers. The Baron of Rio Branco commented: 'For the recruitment of marines and enlisted men, we bring aboard the dregs of our urban centers, the most worthless lumpen, without preparation of any sort.' ... This kind of impressment, combined with the heavy use of corporal punishment for even minor offenses, meant that relations between the black crews and white officers was tepid at best."
Articles in which this image appears: South American dreadnought race#Revolt of the Lash, Afro-Brazilian, Black people, Minas Geraes-class battleship, Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes
FP category for this image: People/Military
Creator: George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress, restored by Penyulap

Support as nominator --Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 09:12, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as per FPC 8. Avoids inappropriate digital manipulation. This image was heavily restored using CGI. (See original.) nagualdesign (talk) 22:00, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. Cleverly done, but no, we can't go there. Not only does this violate criterion 8 as above, it's also a significant enough change to run afoul of criterion 6. Chick Bowen 00:01, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Removing dust etc is fine. But adding elements that were not there, however skilfully done, is to far. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JJ Harrison (talk • contribs) 04:11, 24 May 2013‎
Comment - ah, I wasn't aware that was not allowed. I was okay with it because the image was restored using photographs of the ship (meaning it should be relatively close to accurate), and we're not talking about adding a main focus of the picture, just background. The FP criteria are understandably more strict. If someone could withdraw this, I'd be much obliged! Thanks, Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:22, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]