Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Colonel

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 May 2023 at 18:17:41 (UTC)

Original – Rowland Buckstone and Cissy Grahame reprising their roles in the first revival of F.C. Burnand's The Colonel

Reason: These were the originators of the roles, so no real issues with it being a revival, and it's only about three years after the multi-year original run closed. Crop has been rightfully criticised at Commons FPC, but we can't go back and recrop it, and it does a good job at getting the feel of the play (a satire on æstheticism, much in the line of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience which opened shortly thereafter.
Articles in which this image appears: The Colonel, it's likely to appear in Cissy Grahame once that article exists, which it should soon, because she's fascinating.
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE I'd say
Creator: London Stereoscopic Company, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 18:17, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The probable reason for cropping the feet off was explained at Commons FP, but it is a poor composition with the crop. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:14, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It is passing on Commons despite that. I like enough about it, and think it's valuable enough as a historic document to forgive the feet, but - let's be clear now that I said my piece - it's a valid reason to oppose. I might say why I think it's good despite the flaws, I might try to explain them, but I do try to be open about known flaws in my summary, and leave it up to the voters how they weigh things. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 14:34, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Crop is a small flaw, but I can accept it for a historic photograph. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:25, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Chris. IMO this is an easier pass at WP than at the Commons, because of the greater emphasis here on historical and encyclopedic value – Choliamb (talk) 12:02, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Choliamb: Well, it's passed there, but given Charles just had three excellent images fail for lack of quorum, I think we may have entered into a slow period on here again. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.4% of all FPs.} 00:11, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm going to leave FP for a while, it is a waste of time with so few voters. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:39, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support – per Chris and Choliamb. Bammesk (talk) 01:28, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:12, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]