Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Snow cholera map

John Snow's cholera map

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Original – Map by John Snow showing the cholera cases of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak.

Reason

The image significantly improves the article on the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak and is a prototypical example of human geography. It is of a high technical standard and resolution. It illustrates the outbreak and human geography in a compelling way, is free, has a good file description, and helps Wikipedians to understand the subject better. It comes from an authoritative source and is an important part of the history of disease mapping and epidemiology, adding to its encyclopedic value. It meets all FP criteria and is among the best examples of disease mapping that the encyclopedia has to offer.

Articles in which this image appears

1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak & Human geography,

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps

Creator

John Snow & University of California, Los Angeles

• Support as nominator – Tyrone Madera (talk) 20:45, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose – OK for the article, but difficult to decipher and not of general interest. – Sca (talk) 12:20, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Agree. "Wow-factor" non-existent. --Janke | Talk 14:01, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
• Comment – "General interest" is not a valid oppose rationale. We are an encyclopedia, not a magazine. Bammesk (talk) 04:09, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

  For the umpteenth time, all FP/Cs are pro forma subject to Main Page standards. This one flagrantly fails to meet MP standards for notability, clarity, visual acessibility, general interest, etc. Get off it. – Sca (talk) 12:39, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

• "General interest" has nothing to do with it. We have a 15+ year archive of featured content [1], [2], [3], just look at the archives, it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. FA, FL, FP criteria [4], [5], [6] and instructions [7], [8], [9] all emphasize "article" enhancement, there is no mention of "general interest" nor "main-page". That's not an oversight or a mistake. Bammesk (talk) 03:44, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

• Comment @all — If no one likes this nomination, is it bad form to take it down early? It appears clear to me that this one is not well received given the current feedback. My apologies if I have overlooked the spirit of Featured Pictures in this case. Thank you all for taking the time to respond. Best, Tyrone Madera (talk) 16:34, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
  • Yes, a candidate can be taken down, it's usually done on request. Specifically, in this case, it looks like this candidate doesn't fulfill criterion #3 at Wikipedia:Featured_picture_criteria, i.e. it's not among "Wikipedia's best" - but don't let that discourage you from submitting other candidates! --Janke | Talk 18:36, 15 October 2021 (UTC)