Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cyrus cylinder

Cyrus cylinder

Original - Cyrus Cylinder; the world’s first charter of human rights in the British Museum in London.

Observer Edit - The focus is unmistakably on the document and it actually fills the frame. Not much can be done about technical quality due to heavy crop.

Reason

It is the first known declaration of the HUMAN RIGHTS, issued by the emperor Cyrus II of Persia. In the 1970s, the Cyrus Cylinder has been described as the world’s first charter of human rights. The Cyrus cylinder is now being kept in the British Museum in London.

Articles this image appears in

Cyrus cylinder, British Museum, Human Rights and Yale University

Creator

User:Kaaveh Ahangar

• Support as nominator Kaaveh (talk) 07:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• I Support, because it values. --Iranway (talk) 08:27, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• I Support, because this is the oldest human right document anyone recorded.--Submitter to Truth (talk) 08:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• oppose - technical quality: composition, jpeg artifacts, lack of focus at full rez, and lack of detail in actual subject. de Bivort 09:56, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support, Just for human right NOT MORE! --Niknafs (talk) 10:13, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• Support, good information for people in the world.--Mani1 (talk) 10:20, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose per Debivort. Also, there seems to be some canvassing going on in this nomination. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 10:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

*sigh*. I added an ugly red box and struck a few votes due to invalid reasoning to get the message that people should be commenting on the picture, not the subject. I guess we might need a featured picture director after all. MER-C 10:44, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose per Papa Lima Whiskey (recursively!). Also we are choosing Featured picture not Featured Object! Hessam (talk) 10:36, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• Strongly oppose, I do not believe this meets any of the FP criteria. The object is to small, reflections which are easily removed with a circular polariser are in the way, there is ISO noise, lots of distracting content, is not unique, would not enhance the article. The edit shows what it should be more like, though the edit certainly isn't FP material either.Capital photographer (talk) 10:38, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose, a much better photo could be easily taken of the subject. Cluttered background, subject is a small section of the entire picture, noise, artifacting, poor lighting for the angle, glass in the way, camera shake, can barely see the subject at all. Get closer to the subject (i.e. about a foot lower and right up against the glass, straight on to it, use a tripod and zoom in, about 800 film speed and a diffuse flash if possible. Alternatively, get someone with a good camera to take it. Possibly compromised nom too. E4T3A2 —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 10:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)