Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Richard Cordray

Richard Cordray

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2010 at 19:09:04 (UTC)

Reason: This is a high quality and high EV image.
Articles in which this image appears: Richard Cordray
Ohio Attorney General
Solicitor General of Ohio
Ohio State Treasurer
Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions
University of Chicago Law Review
Valedictorian
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: See OTRS ticket #2008061510000901

Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:09, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Either he has a pointy ear lobe or there is some fairly serious flaw in the retouching of the photograph... — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 20:12, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I know that there can be major differences in peoples' thumbs, like hitch hiker's thumb. I've heard something similar for ears, too. Gut Monk (talk) 22:27, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's a flaw in the editing of the photograph, clearly, I was being slightly facetious about it being a flaw with his actual ear. Whatever went wrong with the picture digitally won't be easily correctable and at best will make that part of the picture look a little awkward, since it extends further down around his collar and shoulder. But it's fairly irrelevant at this point since Greg L makes a strong argument of this being a very unoriginal common government portrait, we have no history of promoting these types of pictures. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 00:47, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Every single U.S. senator and house representative has one of these and they are all identical (except for the head atop the shoulders). Nothing special here. Greg L (talk) 20:17, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The lighting is a little goofy. The right side of the suit is darker than the left. Gut Monk (talk) 22:20, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Question for Tony Do you get bonus points for the wiki cup for the most articles a FP/VP is used in that you get promoted? Because the use of the pictures you put in Valedictorian is very suspect, and I'm 100% sure theres far more notable Valedictorians that we have pictures of that would provide more EV to that article then those two. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 00:51, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Articles need images. I chanced on an article with no images. I had two guys from WP:CHICAGO that represent college and high school valedictorians. Yes there are dozens of valedictorians with WP bios and with free images, but no one was doing the work to put them in the article. Feel free to add more or replace, but makes sure to leave at least one high school and one college valedictorian for the sake of the article. Obviously, I am glad to have Chicago images, but if there are reasons to replace the images go ahead. Don't just delete them however.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:58, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - A reasonable response. — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 01:00, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Quoting Raeky: Do you get bonus points for the wiki cup for the most articles a FP/VP is used in that you get promoted? God you two crack me up so much I’m getting a stomach ache; probably because I was wondering the same thing! (too funny). Greg L (talk) 04:51, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - As a WikiCup judge, I can assure you he doesn't. Restorers and photographers get points, people uploading from other sites or just nominating what they find do not. J Milburn (talk) 11:06, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        Sorry, I actually misread what you said. However, it is worth reiterating that no points are offered in the WikiCup for "drive-by nominations"- in practice, only restorers and photographers can claim points. J Milburn (talk) 11:36, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        Does FP/VP's in an article increase your odds of getting a FA/GA? — raeky ^{(talk | edits)} 15:10, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        No. It can help with portals, however. J Milburn (talk) 15:24, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Very good quality, but not FP IMO.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:27, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Don't mean to pile on but I have to agree with the above. I'm sure it's a great shot for the article and it does definitely have EV but not something I can really support for featured status, these shots are a dime a dozen. Cat-five - talk 18:54, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Suggest speedy close- this is not going to pass, and we have a large number of nominations active at the moment. J Milburn (talk) 01:49, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:43, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]