Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Kokugakuin higashi campus

Kokugakuin higashi campus

Clear image of the campus and the newly constructed tower. Appears in pages:Higashi, Tokyo; Kokugakuin University, and Shibuya, Tokyo.

Shows the detail of the building's layered style to fit in with the suburban surroundings. Also shows the grass planting on the roof that is part of the Tokyo gov response to the heat problems of the city.

Encyclopedic.

Nominated by: Kunchan 17:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

This image doesn't appear to be used particularly well in the articles it is in; is it the "under construction" tower described in some of the articles? Also, the articles don't include the idea that the university is in a suburban area, and they say nothing about the grass on the roof sections. Articles and images should work together to clearly describe the subject of the article to the reader; I must say, I'm pretty confused about the campus of this university. Of course, the articles can (and hopefully will be) edited and improved. This would be a prerequisite for this image to be featured. Unfortunately, despite the good technical quality and the compositional focus on the main building, I don't think this could become a featured picture. In my opinion, its simply compositionally uninteresting. Enuja (talk) 18:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments. Yes, this is the 'under construction' tower mentioned in some of the articles. Also as the articels are about a Tokyo University I think the idea of suburban is implied. All the articles mention the Higashi campus - and this is a picture of the campus. I'll admit that it is not the most exciting of photos - but for encylopedic quality - ie its a clear urban-style picture of the whole Higashi campus, surely, it's close? Kunchan 18:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would, personally, assume that a University in Tokyo would be urban, not suburban, and I would expect a reference somewhere indicating that it was suburban if that, is, indeed true. Also, if it's a picture of the whole Higashi campus, where is the arch pictured in the University's info-box? Is that at another campus? An image has to do more than just be encyclopedic to be a featured picture; it needs to also fulfill the other criteria, including criteria #3; "Is among's Wikipedia's best work." Enuja (talk) 22:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

woah - wasn't trying to piss you off - just after some discussion. Well understood and thanks for the peer review Kunchan 00:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

BTW the 'arch' is the gate to a shinto shine - it's at the green area you can see to the left of the picture. But it's a moot point. Just trying to contribute

Thanks for contributing! I wasn't upset at all, just trying to give constructive feedback and explain what was confusing to me about the image. If you're interested enough to nominate an image from an article, I thought that feedback about how the article and the images could work together to increase understanding of the subject would be useful. I'm sorry if I came across as angry. Enuja (talk) 04:10, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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