Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Languages of the Caucasus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Dec 2014 at 23:38:38 (UTC)

Reason: Came across this map. I thought it was very well done and above all very informative.
Articles in which this image appears: Caucasus, Languages of the Caucasus, Languages of Europe, Peoples of the Caucasus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Diagrams,_drawings,_and_maps/Maps
Creator: Pmx

Support as nominator – Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:38, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Commments. (1) Would it be possible to explain in the legend what the letters, like A, G, D etc. mean when they appear on the map? It is not very clear, at least not to me. Do they represent minority groups within a region? (2) The legend box does not seem to be placed in the most felicitous position, giving the appearance of obscuring map data that "exists underneath". If the data really does exist, could the legend be moved? 109.157.10.232 (talk) 02:53, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The letters represent pockets of language speaking areas in another majority language area. For example, though Armenia is largely Armenian speaking (light Green), there are pockets of K's signifying that Kurdish is spoken in that area as well. As for your second question, the map is strictly for the Caucasus, therefore by covering eastern Anatolia wouldn't be so problematic. Étienne Dolet (talk) 04:57, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment — A telling explanation of why ethnic conflicts have plagued this region for so long, but I wonder if the map's crazy-quilt complexity is suitable for a Main Page FP — ?? Sca (talk) 13:43, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good work. Yann (talk) 19:25, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for poor use of legend and [1].Becky Sayles (talk) 14:38, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:45, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]