Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Mikado 1895
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- Reason
- An illustration for the Mikado, from the authors' lifetimes, which, while simple, is also highly appealing. Probably one of the best examples of an embossed book cover on Wikipedia, and if I could find an article that actually talked about embossed book covers...
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Mikado
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre
- Creator
- Anonymous.
- Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:30, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Comment If this is a book cover, wouldn't it be nicer to see the whole book (i.e. not have the edges so tightly cropped)? 86.160.83.253 (talk) 17:45, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- That is literally impossible. The book just fits my scanner, and, unfortunately, photography has a maximum resolution way, way under scanning. Particularly with the only cameras I have. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:08, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- You couldn't do it in two halves and stitch it together? 86.160.83.253 (talk) 20:04, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- No, it's a very hard cover - probably wood boards - and, in stupid-but-almost-ubiquitous design elements, scanners tend to have ridges around the outside. If something doesn't lay reasonably flat, the scan tends to suffer blurriness rather badly, and at 600dpi, it wouldn't take much to look blurry. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- You couldn't do it in two halves and stitch it together? 86.160.83.253 (talk) 20:04, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- That is literally impossible. The book just fits my scanner, and, unfortunately, photography has a maximum resolution way, way under scanning. Particularly with the only cameras I have. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:08, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Support although it looks a little dark to me. Cripes Adam, good thing they're increasing maximum file size on Commons. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Resolved potential copyright issue (uploaded locally, to get around a potential work-for-hire question.) |
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ConditionalSupport, assuming the copyright is cleared up. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 20:44, 24 May 2013 (UTC)- Should be 100% unambiguous now. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:49, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, I see no copyright issue with the local version. Chick Bowen 23:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- Vote updated. Thanks fellas. --WingtipvorteX PTT ∅ 00:03, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
- Yes, I see no copyright issue with the local version. Chick Bowen 23:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- Should be 100% unambiguous now. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:49, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- Support. Chick Bowen 23:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- Support Was waiting for © to be resolved. Nice work, gorgeous cover. I can't decide if I agree with Crisco 1492; I thought it was a wee bit dark yesterday but now it's fine. Ambient lighting in the room. Anyway, I'm good. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 03:24, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
- Oppose While this is an excellent reproduction of the cover of this early copy of a vocal score, I don't think the cover of this early vocal score has strong EV for the article. Is the illustration notable? Is it discussed in the article? Is it artistically wonderful? Does it tell us a lot (or much at all) about the opera? Colin°Talk 08:59, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
Promoted File:The Mikado Chappell Vocal Score cover (c.1895).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:31, 1 June 2013 (UTC)