Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Splatters

The Splatters[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2013 at 21:37:47 (UTC)

Reason: I believe that this is a high quality, high EV, appropriately sized video game screenshot. It's one of the few freely licensed screenshots on the project, and I've placed it in the game's article, the type of game's article, and the publisher's article.
Articles in which this image appears: The Splatters (main use), Puzzle video game (supports a section), Microsoft Studios
FP category for this image: Entertainment
Creator: Created by SpikySnail Games. Released under a free license at the behest of Sven Manguard. OTRS ticket documents conversation leading to its release.

Support as nominator --Sven Manguard Wha? 21:37, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support: we really should be able to feature free screenshots, at the least to try and snare more. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:44, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Take a look through Commons:Category:Screenshots by video game for other free screenshots. I've uploaded some myself, but never submitted any for featured consideration. I'm too busy to maintain a Wikipedia presence right now, but indie developers are fairly approachable - it's worth your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hahnchen (talk • contribs)
  - I'm actually stunned to see so many free screenshots, although, as far as I can tell, there still aren't very many from games with console releases or for current-gen consoles. I was never under the impression that getting this screenshot released under a free license was a unique achievement/breakthrough, but I still do believe that the quality of work that SpikySnail released is very much above average. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:08, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - The screenshots are underused, there's no good mechanism for letting editors know what's available and what's new. I generally place free screenshots into the relevant English articles, but they're even more valuable on foreign language wikis with no fair use provision. Commons:Historical and commercial video games makes it easy to glance at a few games too. - hahnch e n 02:17, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per criteria #1 and #7. The whole image appears blurry as though someone upscaled it. This is particularly noticeable on the top cord and the butterflies at the bottom right. The description is rather poor. I'm also not certain it meets criteria #3, particularly the second bullet but also the first. --Odie5533 (talk) 06:28, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting point: The screenshot is larger than an HDTV screen, isn't it? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 06:59, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I could reach back out to the developer and ask, but my best guess having looked at the screenshots and watched the promotional videos, I'm pretty sure that the blurriness is intentional. If you look really close in some of the videos, as the game is played parts of the periphery drop in and out of focus. As for the description, I'd like for it to be better, but I've never actually played the game, so I don't know what to put in there. Ultimately, I want this to become a featured picture, but I know that this isn't an area I spend a lot of time in, and I don't know the standards. If you think that one of the other screenshots meets Criteria 3 better, by all means let me know and I'll be happy to swap them out. Sven Manguard Wha? 07:18, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The resolution is equal to that of a 16:9 fullHD screen and from my experience the max that games usually support. --Muhammad(talk) 07:35, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Clear EV, visually interesting. I wonder whether we need the cover image when we have a free screenshot? In the interests of minimising non-free content, I'd advise losing it; alternatively, perhaps ask if they're willing to release that too? J Milburn (talk) 21:30, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- There was concern over releasing the logo under a free license. I am one of those "get rid of fair use on Wikipeda" people, so I have no really strong objection to getting rid of the cover. I included it because there's a very strong precedent for doing so, and really only for that reason. Sven Manguard Wha? 22:17, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - I would object to it being on the front page out of WP:NOTPROMOTION concerns... no matter what licensing or issues may or may not be there. It's a commercial product. — raeky t 23:46, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - Raeky: That is, of course, reasonable. Sven: I removed the cover of Dustbin Baby when I got a free image. I don't think you'd be losing much by removing the non-free picture. J Milburn (talk) 23:54, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      - Raeky: Perhaps, although we've had File:Canon_EOS_400D.jpg on the main page before, as well as Featured Articles on commercial entities (especially when it comes to sports). Ultimately I think that there's a huge difference between putting a screenshot on the main page and using Wikipedia for promotion. Additionally, it's likely that this won't hit the main page for what? months? years? (I honestly don't know how long the backlog is). That's long after the point in which the game is expected to make the bulk of its sales. Sven Manguard Wha? 00:20, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- A few weeks ago the image from Maid of the Mist was featured on the front page. One could argue that featuring the image promotes tourism and promotes the boat tour. I don't think the fact that featuring the image could be construed as promotion necessarily constitutes promotion. Re: removing the cover image, I would be against its removal. The same reasons to have the cover in the first place still stand. Otherwise we could just have a screenshot in the infobox serve both to illustrate the infobox and to show the gameplay/art style. --Odie5533 (talk) 02:28, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support If it's featured, I see no problem with it being POTD, we have done it before and if it means getting people to license their images under a free license, then why not? --Muhammad(talk) 03:04, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:49, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Splatters 03.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:47, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]