Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Kid

The Kid

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2014 at 11:43:59 (UTC)

Original – Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan on the set of "The Kid" (1921)

Edit – Some dust and scratches removed, JPG artefacting cut down

Reason: Iconic image, high EV, very good quality for an image as old as this
Articles in which this image appears: The Kid (1921 film), Jackie Coogan, List of American films of 1921
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Unknown (Publicity photo for "The Kid")

Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 11:43, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Could use a bit of fly-specking, and the print was obviously damaged on the door. I could do a digital restoration, if you wish. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:47, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, come to think of it, I think a lot of this is jpg artefacting. Check out the black area in the doorframe at 300% — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:53, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Two faces are better than one. (Is the black patch possibly something attached to the door?) Sca (talk) 15:16, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That it is, but I was referring to the scratches. Uploading an edit now. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:37, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support edit --Երևանցի ^talk 19:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit (prefer reduction in jpg artefacts) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:31, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit ///EuroCarGT 01:39, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit —Bruce1ee^talk 07:11, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit - as per Commons :-) Saffron Blaze (talk) 00:06, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Chaplin The Kid edit.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:11, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Placed in Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:11, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment -- I wasn't aware this image was up for nomination until the edit was promoted to featured picture. As one of the editors of the original image, I'd like to comment here for the record (belated though it may be). While the original could stand some minot cleanup, the edit is not an improvement in my opinion. The whole image has been blurred slightly causing a loss of detail and crispness. While I don't necessarily disparage the offending editor for such an amateurish hack as he simply may not know any better, it's a shame that not one single other editor here managed to bring this up. – JBarta (talk) 23:54, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I mentioned it, at the Commons nomination, and there were no issues there with the slight loss of detail. Until such time as a scan can be gotten which is saved in a lossless format before editing, I doubt there is much we can improve on. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:10, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]