Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Desiccation Cracks
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Desiccation-cracks_hg.jpg/250px-Desiccation-cracks_hg.jpg)
- Reason
- This image immediately and powerfully conveys a complicated idea; That a material, like mud, will begin to crack when dried. It shows more about dessication than words ever can. It is also an extremely high quality image.
- Articles this image appears in
- Desiccation
- Creator
- Hgrobe
- Support as nominator PerryTachett (talk) 14:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- Comment I discovered this nomination by looking at the list of links for this image. I can't find any reason that this was never added to the featured pictures candidates page, so I've added it there. I have no opinion on supporting or opposing. Nyttend (talk) 00:16, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support Very encyclopedic.Conveys topic very well. Samwb123T-C-@ 05:54, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support. Great quality and very interesting. --Silversmith Hewwo 21:18, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support Great res for the size. Nothing distracting. Overall its a great picture, really sharp and has good EV Tim1337 (talk) 10:52, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose Does not meet criteria 5, it is one of many images and does not substantially add to the article in which it appears. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 14:44, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- Support High quality, enc. I feel this illustration provides a lot of understanding to the desiccation article. Jujutacular T · C 22:21, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
- Comment It is a good picture, but it doesn't seem to be supporting anything in the article. There is no mention of what this image is illustrating despite several similar images. Noodle snacks (talk) 22:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Promoted File:Desiccation-cracks_hg.jpg —Maedin\talk 13:08, 9 December 2009 (UTC)