Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Your Country Needs You

Lord Kitchener Wants You

File:Stanstead Abbotts History Society NeedsYou.jpg

Original - 'A 1914 recruitment poster depicting Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener above the words "WANTS YOU" was the most famous image used in the British Army recruitment campaign of World War I. The poster was designed by Alfred Leete. A similar poster used the words "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU".'

Reason: An often imitated image of high cultural and historical significance.
Articles this image appears in: Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Lord Kitchener Wants You, Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Creator: Alfred Leete

Support as nominator --Jakeb (talk) 17:15, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Nice quality and high EV, the rip at the top of the page is distracting but fixing it would hurt the historical accuracy. Cat-five - talk 23:53, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
FAILS CRITERIA See FP criteria on size. This image is too small, and the possibility of finding images of the subject that meet all of the FP criteria is too high to override this. Sorry. _Nezzadar_☎_ 00:10, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See featured images below to compare size and quality. Jakeb (talk) 00:21, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What now? I don't see what you mean. All the other pics are 1000+ x 1000+. The size they are on this page means nothing, its the size of the actual photo. Go here: Wikipedia:What is a featured picture?/Image size. Note that the image you nominated is 532 x 735. _Nezzadar_☎_ 03:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and I removed the photos for formatting reasons. They are

File:I did not raise my girl to be a voter3.jpg
File:Lord Byron - Childe Harold's Pilgimage - Dugdale edition.jpg

The reason that these two passes is that the second is clearly the right size and the first is just under it, but it is seemingly impossible to get a hold of a larger version. _Nezzadar_☎_ 04:03, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually the criterion is that an image is at least 1000px on at least one dimension, not both dimensions. Thus both images meet the criteria. Exceptions can still be made in rare cases. (BTW Nezzadar, do you really need such a complex sig? It makes it hard to edit after you and follow discussions as your sig takes up at least 5 lines in the edit window for every edit you do.) --jjron (talk) 11:53, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It might be possible to replace this with another war poster that depicts Lord Kitchener.[1][2] The latter of those two is a pretty good 56MB source file. Would it steal your thunder if I had a go at restoring it? Durova³²⁷ 05:44, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm sure it wouldn't for anybody. Go ahead. Jakeb (talk) 20:19, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Speedy Close. Fails criteria. Per Durova's suggestion, another nomination has been put up on the same topic. -- Nezzadar ☎ 21:53, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: have posted user about closing noms in which he's been involved. --jjron (talk) 07:19, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]