Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/DontGiveUpTheShip

DontGiveUpTheShip

**Original** - Missile launching from the USS Lake Erie (CG-70), on February 20, 2008

Reason: clear, large PD image, illustrates both the event, the ship the missle, looks good, good quality, very few images that show all the pyrotechnics of missile launches.
Articles this image appears in: USS Lake Erie (CG-70), USA 193, Missile, Vertical launching system, Oliver Hazard Perry and James Lawrence
Creator: US Navy

Support as nominator SGGH ^speak! 12:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support, fascinating image DBaba (talk) 13:05, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – The images lacks context for interpretation. – Ilse @ 17:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose subject material cut off, the missile flame and missile body are not entirely within the image, the image is off center, and the background angle is awkward. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:22, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support with request to rename. The phrase "Don't give up the ship" isn't pertinent to a normal missile launch, and to use that as the title for an image where flames are present confuses the uninformed because uncontrolled fires are a very big deal at sea. In an actual fire emergency, sailors may be ordered to save the ship by performing actions where where particular individuals have little or no chance of survival. If renamed to something more appropriate such as "Naval Missile Launch", count this as support; otherwise count this as an oppose. Durova^Charge! 19:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll make that move now. Will leave this the same otherwise it will mess up formatting. SGGH ^speak! 22:16, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Has been renamed, Image:Missile launch on ship.jpg. I have also added a cropped version. SGGH ^speak! 22:18, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Cool, thanks. :) Durova^Charge! 23:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - To clarify, I have no objection to the original crop. It's perfectly acceptable to have those words in the background on the bulkhead, especially next to a bell. Durova^Charge! 01:07, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support original. Encyclopedic value for the Oliver Hazard Perry and James Lawrence articles. -- I. Pankonin (t·c) 23:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Dislike the spacing in the image and the angle from which it was taken.--TBC !?! 00:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Doesn't do a good enough job of showing the missile launching. Without the caption, it appears that the ship itself is on fire and missile was there by coincidence. --Dtbohrer^{talk•contribs} 06:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose hard to work out the size/perspective (even when not cropped), and a wall of fire unfortunately isn't an optimal lighting setup. The quality of the subject (the missile) is very low and grainy.—Pengo 08:39, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --jjron (talk) 08:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]