Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Annelid diagram

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2014 at 13:09:12 (UTC)

Reason: Image is an SVG file showing precise anatomical detail in eye-catching translucent form. It's freely licensed, meets or exceeds all graphic quality requirements, has a complete English file description, is verifiable (file description contains multiple links to sources), and has some nice "wow" to it. It is the most detailed and most complex illustration of such an animal anywhere on Wikipedia: almost all other images are 2-dimensional cross-section slides or "3D" images that are nowhere near as complete.
Articles in which this image appears: Annelid Coelom
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator: KDS444 (Note: KDS444 is an alternate login for the nominator on Commons. KDS444=KDS4444.)

Support as nominator – KDS4444^Talk 13:09, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back, KDS! I'm not too sure about the background color here. Your lines are blue, and your background is blue. This makes the (very nice) diagram rather hard to read at thumbnail size. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:07, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, Crisco! You are right. When I work on an image I of course work on it in very large scale, and I do not always do a thorough "mini-size" check before I finally tell myself, "Enough." The blue-on-blue worked (or seemed to work) rather well on a larger-size image, but in smaller size that gets lost. Let me see what I can do to revise the picture. Be right back. KDS4444^Talk 22:23, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Sometimes you just have to go with basic black. KDS4444^Talk 22:50, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Very attractive diagram. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support, prefer original A gorgeous and well-drawn diagram; I'm sure it'll appear in textbooks soon enough. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:34, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Well, boys, counting me that makes three votes so far... Which does not make me very optimistic. I just finished completing a refurbishing of the image in hopes of attracting more commentary-- I added in a complete circulatory system (so many capillaries!) and revamped the metanephridia to make them larger and more accurate. Still, the bloom may be off the rose by now. Which would be a shame, since I think this is probably the best diagram I've ever offered up for consideration as an FP. Shucks. KDS4444^Talk 15:01, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Only a third of the way in, so don't worry too much about that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:13, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support nice level of detail. --Pine^✉ 07:16, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support But would strongly suggest going to a plain white background. - Zephyris _Talk 15:42, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a version with an all-white background-- do you really like it better? Other's opinions? KDS4444^Talk 21:31, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Plain white is easier to read, so it might be better. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:21, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm. I had been aiming for a medical-style diagram like this one which has a similar blue gradient in the background. Any suggestion in comparison with mine? Maybe if I made the blue part of the gradient less intense? KDS4444^Talk 03:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I much prefer the white background. I would always vote plain black or white background for diagrams unless the subject is always observed on that colour background. Cloud diagrams on a blue background? Yes. Worm diagrams on a blue background? No. This is obviously a bit of a personal preference though. - Zephyris _Talk 10:58, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For me, the gradient looks better. I think it's because that's how modern textbook diagrams are often displayed, whereas older ones were generally on a white background, so I think the background fits the modern-style look of an SVG. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:41, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer the lighter blue or white background, with a slight preference for the white background. --Pine^✉ 02:54, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Either one is fine with me, but if I had to choose, the white background is preferable. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:57, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Annelid redone w white background.svg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:44, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is a rough consensus that the white (transparent) background is better. I also placed it in Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology, as the diagram doesn't show a whole animal. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:44, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]