Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Elderly Gambian woman face portrait.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 12 Aug 2018 at 14:35:47

Info Reason to delist: This was voted FP in 2011, but considering the chroma noise, lack of sharpness (DoF) and not too high resolution, I feel it is not worthy of being called one of the finest images on Commons in 2018. (Original nomination)
Delist -- Peulle (talk) 14:35, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep still an image I'd like to take --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 14:52, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep very good FP IMO -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 15:01, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Should we delist FPs because they don't meet current standards or should we consider the age of the image, too? Just asking. Is there a policy or discussion about it somewhere? --Podzemnik (talk) 15:33, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's the idea, yes. I'm referring to the Guidelines: "The purpose of featured picture status is to recognize that an image is currently among the most valuable images—the top fraction of a percent. As overall image quality improves, some images will be delisted." Age is relevant, sure, but not always. If, for example, there's an old image that carries enormous weight on it's subject matter, the age may be irrelevant. Take the Bernafay Wood image, for instance. Of course it has a lower technical quality than today's images, since it was taken in 1916, but the subject matter is so strong that the quality becomes less relevant. The reason I nominated this image for delisting is that it was taken in 2008 and I don't feel that the quality is high enough anymore. Others may disagree and say that the subject matter has a high enough "wow factor" to remain an FP despite the mediocre quality.--Peulle (talk) 16:55, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Peulle, for putting your time into the explanation. --Podzemnik (talk) 22:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keepgood, quality image --Karelj (talk) 16:17, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I suppose the delist effort is mostly motivated by a degree of unsharpness around her right eye (viewer's left), but this is a striking portrait. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:18, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ikan and Martin -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:52, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- Still a striking portrait. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:09, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Very National Geographic. Love the reflections in the eyes. Daniel Case (talk) 04:55, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Unspeakably aesthetic, and per Daniel, Martin, and George. ― Gerifalte _Del Sabana 11:18, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per above. -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 15:59, 4 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per above. $Jacopo Werther iγ\partialψ=mψ$ 18:50, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep --Llez (talk) 11:21, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Result: 1 delist, 11 keep, 0 neutral => not delisted. Basile Morin (talk) 09:07, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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