Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Waldenburg, Germany 1945

Waldenburg, Germany 1945

Original - Original caption reads "Infantrymen of the 255th Infantry Regiment move down a street in Waldenburg to hunt out the Hun after a recent raid by 63rd Division".

Edit 1 Cat number and stains removed, tweaked curves & sharpness. mikaul^talk

Reason: An example of wartime destruction during World War II. Soldiers file through a street past the abandoned hulls of destroyed buildings. Smoke fills the scene, but none of it comes from the chimneys of the ruined structures. The lines lead the viewer's eye along the street to the Lachnersturm - the only building that has survived. Small elements of normality make the rest appear all the more forlorn: a shop sign still hangs from a building's only remaining wall and two soldiers stare at a cat that wanders through the rubble.
Articles this image appears in: Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg
Creator: 2d Lt. Jacob Harris (U.S. Government public domain)

Support as conominator Durova^Charge! 04:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as conominator BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 04:47, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments I don't think all war time pictures, however good they may be, ought to be featured. featured Pictures recognize something special in a picture. If all/most war pictures are featured then there is nothing special or unique about them. Muhammad(talk) 11:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- As someone who's reviewed over 100,000 historic images in the last six weeks and decided less than 1 in 1000 is even worth a second look, then selected a handful of those for careful restoration, second opinions, and nomination, that "most or all" comment is like a slap in the face. Durova^Charge! 16:17, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The vast majority of featured pics aren't of this type. On the Commons right now, where voting is going on for the 2007 picture of the year, Arthropods for example occupies 2 categories. How can you assume that all war photos or imagery that are nominated pass? BrokenSphere^{Msg me} 17:16, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I didn't mean to offend you Durova. If I have, please accept my apologies. I just think we have way too many of these black and white pictures which are not very appealing. Muhammad(talk) 15:13, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thank you. I respect that opinion. It's hard to find an image of World War II that isn't black and white. I've located a few and gone to work on them (see the M3 tank nom), but the stuff that's really out at the front lines has all been B&W. Durova^Charge! 19:20, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1. Only because of the cat. That little detail makes the whole picture work. Samsara (talk • contribs) 13:57, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support either Agreed that not all war photos are FPs, but if it has something highly descriptive or evocative then it should be an FP. Here it's the tall standing chimneys left after the houses have been blown down, with all the smoke curling around. What a surreal landscape to walk through. --Bridgecross (talk) 15:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 - meets all the criteria and has historic value.--Svetovid (talk) 16:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Spikebrennan (talk) 16:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Haunting. I prefer edit 1. Matt Deres (talk) 00:20, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great historic photo. - Darwinek (talk) 13:07, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edit 1 Amazing encyclopedic value, picture. --Shark face 217 02:06, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Waldenburg1945edit.jpg MER-C 03:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]