Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John Henry Turpin

John Henry Turpin

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Original – John Henry "Dick" Turpin was one of the first African American Chief Petty Officers in the U.S. Navy. He is also notable for surviving the catastrophic explosions of two U.S. Navy ships: USS Maine in 1898, and USS Bennington in 1905.

Reason

While I don't think the photo is perfect - it looks to me like his head moved very slightly - it's also a fairly iconic image of him, compare, say, [1], and his grave here, or this set of exhibition photos. I think the historic merit, the quality, and the paucity of images of him excuses some things. I'm also not entirely sure the issues aren't just down to him being African-American: I could totally see "darker skin, so longer exposure so the facial details come out".

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John Henry Turpin

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 03:24, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
• Support per nom: This is a well executed photo of a notable person that appears to be frequently used. Nick-D (talk) 10:10, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:32, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:32, 28 February 2022 (UTC)