Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Gordon the Slave

Delist and Replace: Peter the Slave

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:52:05 (UTC)

Original - The scars of a whipped slave in Mississippi, taken April 2, 1863

Replacement - Retouched and higher quality restored version of the picture

Reason

The image that is an FP has very messed up lighting and needed a restoration. This restoration is far better

Articles this image appears in

Racism against African Americans, Slavery, List of photographs considered the most important

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Cicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave.jpg

Nominator

Wcamp9 (talk)

• Delist — Wcamp9 (talk) 23:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
• D&R per nom.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
• D&R; Considering the date (1863), the quality and transparency of the retouched picture is acceptable and rather fine. Thanks for retouching and replacement. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:56, 5 November 2024 (UTC)