Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Utah Monolith

Utah Monolith

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Dec 2020 at 04:00:34 (UTC)

Original – The metal sculpture found in the Utah desert in November 2020.

Alt 1 – Cropped and color adjusted by User:Chainwit., now used in article

Reason: This is a great picture of the Utah monolith - high resolution, good colors, and contributes well to the article - you really need to see it to understand it.
Articles in which this image appears: Utah monolith
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Patrickamackie2

Support as nominator – Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 04:00, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support either as nominator - the alt is good too Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 17:16, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support either Given its removal, kind of vital to understanding, and not readily replaceable. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 06:06, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~ Oppose. This currently fails the 7-day waiting period in WP:WIAFP. Also it has a fair amount of visible noise. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:10, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~ Oppose – This topic has been globally sensationalized, with all sorts of weird speculation. We shouldn't reinforce the hype by promo'ing it on the Main Page of Wikipedia. – Sca (talk) 15:59, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca: I don't see how that makes it unworthy of an article/FP, though. If we want to be the sun of all knowledge, some subjects may be a little silly, but we should still encourage good images.Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 19:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support either, prefer alt - it's a little grainy, but it's well above the resolution requirement, attractive, impressively swift photo-gathering and now irreplaceable. TSP (talk) 19:12, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's a new one now in California. Figgers. Yawn. – Sca (talk) 15:30, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's gone now, too. Double yawn. – Sca (talk) 15:06, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support alt TheFreeWorld (talk) 10:27, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not used in the article anymore --Andrei (talk) 13:33, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's been replaced with a tweaked version - I've added it as an alt. TSP (talk) 17:01, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is that reflective of lighting at the time?because,if not, we must oppose. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 20:10, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Now I'm wondering whether the original shadowed corners were from lighting on the scene or from burning the photo after, and whether the updates mostly consisted of undoing all that burning. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:29, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're probably right. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 19:19, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The suggestion here that this is all just a viral marketing campaign bears watching. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure it matters to notability, though. As long as this isn't a paid editing thing. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 19:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Somehow, the photo makes the object look smaller than it really was. Does anyone else get that impression, or just me? XOR'easter (talk) 00:23, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt Tomer T (talk) 19:58, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Utah Desert Monolith.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:37, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Only the alt has enough support for promotion. --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:37, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]