Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Weaver ants transporting a dead gecko

Weaver ants transporting a dead gecko

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2019 at 20:04:59 (UTC)

Original – Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) transporting a dead gecko on a beam, in Laos

Alt video

Reason: High EV, impressive scene and catch, high detail (not for the faint hearted), good quality
Articles in which this image appears: Oecophylla smaragdina
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Basile Morin

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 20:04, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The video (File:Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos (video).webm) has higher EV than the static image. MER-C 20:34, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Added as alt. Tomer T (talk) 12:38, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support, prefer alt. MER-C 15:30, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A bit too gruesome. Poydoo (talk) 21:51, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Poydoo, there's no such criterion. In fact, the criteria says that "A featured picture is not always required to be aesthetically pleasing; it might be shocking, impressive, or just highly informative. Highly graphic, historical and otherwise unique images may not have to be classically beautiful at all". Tomer T (talk) 12:38, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - I guess I should read the rules more closely. Poydoo (talk) 14:53, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support either per nomination. Featured on Commons. Thanks, Tomer T -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:28, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt with a side of ugh Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.3% of all FPs} 10:20, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to alt-only, because... galleries. Needs more prominence. The more prominent usage in Swarm behaviour pushes the alt over the top. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.3% of all FPs} 10:03, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose alt due to the shaky camerawork. Neutral on the original, since it's only used in a gallery. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:36, 29 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt – Added to Swarm behaviour#Ants where it has very good EV. The shaky video is unfortunate but the EV is enough for me to overlook that. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 07:24, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support either one. Geoffroi 19:26, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos (video).webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:28, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Only the alt has enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:28, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]