Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Murugan by Raja Ravi Varma.jpg

Murugan by Raja Ravi Varma.jpg[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Feb 2012 at 18:29:02 (UTC)

Reason: Featured picture at Commons and well illustrates the iconography of Murugan and painting style of Raja Ravi Varma
Articles in which this image appears: Murugan, Valli, Deivayanai, Kaumaram, Peafowl, Shashthi, Vahana, Arumuka Navalar
FP category for this image: Artwork/paintings
Creator: Raja Ravi Varma

Support as nominator --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:29, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Striking portrayal of a deity, good EV. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:58, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Perhaps it needs brightening a little. JJ Harrison (talk) 23:37, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is this an original crop (because the sides appear to be cut-off when it comes to feathers)? Brandmeister t 13:40, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment well about the crop thingy the painting is like that.between can i support it's nomination since i was the one who uploaded it on commons.also i want to know whether the name can be changed to its proper title which is Shri Shanmukha Subramania Swami I actually uploaded this over an older version of the painting.Pernoctator (talk) 15:35, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, as an uploader, you can support. As for changing the name, you'd have to request that on Commons. See commons:Commons:File renaming. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 17:40, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - The crop question was also raised on Commons, but the image is like that. As for the name, IMO the current name is descriptive as well as the common name [1][2]. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 10:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Is there some rule that prefers the common name over the proper title?.i believe some of varma's paintings were untitled and different people have given different names to it.for example the lady givings alms painting is also known as mandodari.now how would you decide which name is common. Pernoctator (talk) 16:19, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - No. There is no rule. The policy only says "Titles of media files should be meaningful and helpful in the language chosen", which the current title fulfils. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:26, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

so whats wrong with Shri Shanmukha Subramania Swami by Raja Ravi Varma.the term murugan is very regional.i think the pan indian term is kartikeya (which is also used by tamils).i had raied this issue on the article of the hindu deity whose painting this is.even western scholars mostly refer to him as kartikeya.some use skanda and kumara too. Pernoctator (talk) 16:36, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing is wrong with "Shri Shanmukha Subramania Swami", but I just saying the current title is correct too.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:49, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

say yes or no.otherwise i won't go ahead.also i would like comments on Murugan title being changed to kartikeya.i have raised the issue on the talk page.Pernoctator (talk) 16:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support easily one of varma's best.resolution is good.Pernoctator (talk) 01:27, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - It seems that the image is half. ●Mehran ^Debate● 12:03, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- If you're trying to say what I think you are - that the image has been cropped, then that has already been explained (no, it has not been cropped, the original composition is just this way). Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - I read the above comments, but I still think that's not the original composition. All of the paintings which have been showed in the two above links have a similar dimensions and it seems that their dimensions are predefined (both horizontal and vertical). They are a little promotional websites, I will be support if I see a RS coverage which proves that this is the original size. ●Mehran ^Debate● 14:55, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - More links with same image [3], Christies (a similar lithograph version), The South Asian Times p.34, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College. This is not the first image where Raja Ravi Varma cuts off the bird's sides. His Vishnu File:Raja Ravi Varma, Lord Garuda.jpg is also similar. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:03, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support - According to Redtigerxyz's references, if it really is its original size, it's proper to be featured with its quality and EV. Agreed with Harrison, I liked this version which is brighter. ●Mehran ^Debate● 17:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Murugan by Raja Ravi Varma.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 19:37, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody expressed any preference for the edit. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 19:37, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]