Commons:Valued image candidates/Southern Rhodesia (1909) (14804694073).jpg

Southern Rhodesia (1909) (14804694073).jpg

promoted

Image
Nominated by	Martinvl (talk) on 2016-03-30 16:08 (UTC)
Scope	Nominated as the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Southern Rhodesia Stage coach.
Used in	Global usage
Reason	I believe this image of a stage coach from the era of the "Scramble for Africa" is the best in Commons. Like many photos of this era, it is not possible to pin-point exactly where it was taken but there is enough evidence to suggest that it was taken in what was then Southern Rhodesia. -- Martinvl (talk)
Review (criteria)	Comment, I think the image categorization needs a bit of attention. "Category:Stagecoaches" is a bit too general, and there are other Rhodesia-related stage coach images on commons which could probably be related to this one. Also the selected scope category ideally needs to relate in some fairly direct way to the nomination scope, Category:Southern Rhodesia (1909) does not relate to stage coaches - something like Category:Stagecoaches in Rhodesia or Category:Stagecoaches in southern Africa would. DeFacto (talk). 20:22, 30 March 2016 (UTC) @DeFacto: I have changed the underlying link to Category:Transport in Rhodesia. That's good, but we could do even better still by creating Category:Stagecoaching in Rhodesia under that and including this and other related images such as File:Zeederberg01.jpg, File:Zeederberg03.jpg, File:Zeederberg02.jpg and File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-214-147.jpg in it - and linking the scope to that. DeFacto (talk). 06:19, 31 March 2016 (UTC) Category should be created: Zambesia Mail, with scope Zambesia Mail, stagecoach. Charles (talk) 09:21, 31 March 2016 (UTC) @Charlesjsharp: No - if you do a Google Search on "Zambesia Mail", the only hits that you will get are referedcnes to this single photograph. From what I can see, this stage-coach service was an interim service until it was surplanted by the railway line. I have however added it to Category:Transport in Rhodesia. Martinvl (talk) 13:59, 31 March 2016 (UTC)  Support I think it is a VI even though I'm not sure about the scope. Charles (talk) 18:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC) Result: 1 support, 0 oppose => promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:13, 4 April 2016 (UTC)