Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The lion of Egyptian revolution (Qasr al-Nil Bridge).jpg

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File:The lion of Egyptian revolution (Qasr al-Nil Bridge).jpg, not featured[edit]

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  •  Support Picture is symbolic and the technical issues doesn't exactly "ruin" the picture. Essam Sharaf (talk) 23:00, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- MartinD (talk) 20:10, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Per Azeri and Ocaasi. I also think that the uncropped version would be better. --Sherif9282 (talk) 04:26, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Striking shot that is quite emblematic of the Egyptian revolution, and I agree that a less-cropped version is preferable, to show more of the wild blue yonder surrounding this action. The lion, symbol of a king in Egypt, is surmounted by a young anonymous citizen protester in blue jeans, who holds the flag of his country above all. And the whole revolution was staged, if by staged you mean noncombatants, after some planning and organization, showing up in public squares with banners and flags so that their demonstrations of civil disobedience would be noticed by the powers that be (that were), and by the cameras of the world. If you mean literally whether this shot was contrived or taken out of context, the other shots in the Photostream it comes from indicate otherwise. Abrazame (talk) 07:07, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Tomer T (talk) 11:18, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose -- Despite the historical value and because of poor image quality. Canvassing doesn't help either. Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:26, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Significant historical value. Technical imperfections are less important than having images that are of historical and educational value. And, no, I haven't been canvassed. —Tom Morris (talk) 23:42, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment FPC is not a forum to make a political point by trying to rally people to support a substandard photograph. There are other places for that kind of nationalism (Only judging the FPC process here, not the events). Commons is not a place to endorse political (r)evolution by putting this kind of images on the front page. FPC of national flags (with much better quality, BTW) have been shunned for similar reason in the past. W.S. 07:15, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment I didnt rally anyone to support the image nor it's a matter of nationalism; All I did was ask people on wikipedia english to give their opinion(s) about the image. you can check each of their talk pages on wikipedia if you dont believe. I would also like to point out that the majority of the people that commented here are not Egyptian, rather from different backwards and political ideologies. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 08:01, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • I have not checked where the canvassing was done or who did it, but it is very apparent. I'm not talking about the people that did the canvassing neither but about the principle. W.S. 09:45, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • You call twenty of your friends on wikipedia english, you really think they will have an objective look at your work?--Citron (talk) 10:39, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • I actually asked people who worked the main main article to comment. and Yes, they remain objective no matter what. Now, If you are going to accuse me of canvassing anyone, please show evidences or put a cork in it. -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
            • No one is making wild acccusations, as the notifications you have made are technically cavassing. In my opinion, this would have been appropriate in WP:FPC, because pictures are assessed there in terms of specific encyclopaedic value. But not in Commons because we evaluate pictures in much broader terms, with a special focus on technical excellence. Alvesgaspar (talk) 08:09, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 6 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:20, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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