Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Conf dead chancellorsville

Conf dead chancellorsville

Current FP Confederate dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia, killed during the Battle of Fredericksburg Dec 13, 1862. Photographed by Capt. Andrew J. Russell.

Edit 1 Restore as much as possible, correct fading towards lower left, crop away irreparable ares.

Reason

Not just low resolution (367KB), but ugly. Close call on the original promotion, arguably promoted due to uncertainty over the quality of other surviving material. Moving, but really not restorable.

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Conf dead chancellorsville.jpg

Nominator

Durova^Charge!

• Delist — Durova^Charge! 01:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
• Delist and Replace with Edit 1 I can tolerate edit 1; thanks for the effort, Mfield. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 03:31, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Delist It's unfortunate how we have so few civil war photos, but this one is in rough shape. ~ ωαdεstεr16_♣T^C♣ 17:53, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
• Delist and replace in its current form, but i respectfully disagree that it beyond repair, so I am going to give it a go now I have thrown the gauntlet at myself :)....Mfield (talk) 18:39, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

• Delist, poor edges; guns look staged. Narayanese (talk) 18:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

• Comment I have created Edit 1 here, still working on it but so you see where I am heading. Repair as much as possible, crop the irreparable bits, leaving the entire soldier lower left unlike the opposed edit in the original nom, correct fading.Mfield (talk) 01:48, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The editing you've done already in Edit 1 is quite good. This photograph has great EV so thanks for salvaging it. -- AJ24 (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

• Delist and Replace with Edit 1 (or future edit) -- AJ24 (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose Delist, I was the original nominator for the photo, and I restate, due to the rarity and scope of the photograph... and the sheer encyclopedic value it provides, it certainly deserves its place as an FA. Communist47 (talk) 23:08, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
  • What qualities do you consider essential? Higher resolution images in better condition of Civil War casualties are available, and of the Chancellorsville battle. Durova^Charge! 00:40, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
• Replace and delist note the changed order instead of saying delist and replace, this should not be delisted if it's not replaced pretty much per Communist47's argument that this is definitely falls under the historical image part of the guidelines. Cat-five - talk 23:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Replaced with File:Conf dead chancellorsville edit1.jpg. MER-C 09:21, 24 March 2009 (UTC)