Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/"Au Clair de la Lune" illustration

"Au Clair de la Lune" illustration[edit]

Reason: A work by a major illustrator who studied and exhibited as a fine artist before turning to children's literature. The particular selection for this nomination is notable as the first song for which a recorded performance survives: "Au Clair de la Lune" (historic recording) is a traditional French folk song recorded in 1860. Restored version of Image:Au Clair de la Lune children's book.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Au Clair de la Lune, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel
Creator: Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 09:23, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I like the image, but it seems too small (due to not only the file size but also the big portion of the score on the illustration)--Caspian blue 19:10, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- The file size itself is within standard FP parameters. I'll leave it to fellow Wikipedians to decide whether the score deserves to be regarded as a separate element or a complementary part of the whole. To my eye they seem very closely tied. An English translation of the lyrics is available at the song page. Durova^Charge! 19:49, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV and, as always, an excellent restoration by Durova. Great job. Elucidate ^{(parlez à moi)} Ici pour humor 20:54, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ At first I thought, "blah, there's not much enc in this", but after going to the article and listening to that recording... Put a link to the recording itself in the caption, and you get my support! --Janke | Talk 06:31, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Good suggestion; done. Durova^Charge! 07:40, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - It would be even better if you could put a nice little "Play" button into the caption... (I tried, but couldn't figure out how to do it neatly... ;-) --Janke | Talk 16:49, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - That'd be a wonderful feature. I don't think I've ever seen it done. Durova^Charge! 22:48, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Please revert my button experiment if you don't like it... (Or, can anyone do it better?) --Janke | Talk 20:33, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        Thanks very much for the edit! :) Does this mean you support? Durova^Charge! 21:51, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        I guess that's what I said... ;-) --Janke | Talk 22:14, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        I've taken the liberty of tweaking a bit further. I had to figure some of these out when working on featured sounds. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:12, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        Great! I didn't know of that "noicon" trick... ;-) --Janke | Talk 09:28, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        It's not very well-documented. I learned it from the {{Listen}} template when I was making a new template for use in DYKs. =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 07:30, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice. Spencer^T♦^C 19:12, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per above --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 16:10, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, the FP criteria says about the resolution. "Still images should be a minimum of 1000 pixels along the smallest side; larger sizes are generally preferred." 681 × 600 is simply not enough for a FP. bogdan (talk) 14:18, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - very original and encyclopedic. Intothewoods29 (talk) 19:28, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support plenty of resolution for this subject matter. --Leivick (talk) 23:27, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Au Clair de la Lune children's book 2.jpg MER-C 01:50, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]