Wiki143:Featured picture candidates/Image:Jimmy-wales-frankfurt2005-alih01.jpg

Jimmy Wales

File:Jimmy-wales-frankfurt2005-alih01.jpg

Original

File:Staring contest.svg

Reason

This Picture of Jimbo, in my opnion, shows the founder of Wikimedia in a manner that fits the Featured Picture Candidates.

Proposed caption

Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikia.

Articles this image appears in

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia

Creator

Andrew Lih

• Support as nominator The Placebo Effect (talk) 07:00, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• No I don't think the image is of necessary quality, and, personally, I don't like the idea of Wales' picture being featured, for several obvious reasons relating to eponymousity in Wikipedia's featured content. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:19, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose - It's too cult-of-personality-ish to have an FP of him, in my opinion. It would be like the default Apple desktop background being a big portrait of Steve Jobs (not that that's outside the realm of possibility). --Sean 18:28, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Exactly which criteria do you believe that doesn't fit? It doesn't matter who it is, just as long as it meets the criteria. --The Placebo Effect (talk) 21:24, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Good technical quality (except for that black dot on his beard) but he looks very weird in this shot. Like he's silently locked in the middle of a psychic mind battle with someone across the table, who's staring back with an equally threatening grimace --ffroth 19:53, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
  • How does that pose compare to this featured picture. --The Placebo Effect (talk) 21:29, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
    • Well that guy looks foreign; Jimbo looks deranged --ffroth 03:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
      • O_o gren グレン 12:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Not an engaging picture especially in terms of facial expression. In the picture pointed out by the nom the subject has a more engaging facial expression and cultural context. This picture doesn't make me want to read the article because it looks like he could be made of wax.D-rew (talk) 22:16, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. Black dot on beard. Pstuart84 Talk 23:43, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose black dot makes it unnecessary to think of how I'd otherwise vote... gren グレン 12:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose as above, unappealing composition. Plus the pirate spot. -- Chris.B | talk 15:23, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
• Support All hail dear leader! --Elfer (talk) 03:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose No, not the Black Spot. So, that's where it is. (Ultimately, per Chris B. above.) Fowler&fowler«Talk» 19:02, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 05:05, 24 November 2007 (UTC)