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File:Tropenmuseum sample3.jpg, not featured[edit]

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Granman Jankoeso of the Saramkaner Maroon with his captains in the garden of the "Gouvernementsgebouw" in Paramaribo. This picture has been restored in anticipation of a collection by the Royal Institute for the Tropics / Tropenmuseum. This picture is now officially uploaded in a low resolution [File:Tropenmuseum Royal Tropical Institute Objectnumber 60008914 Granman Jankoeso van de Saramakanersp.jpg here]. This represents the practice where pictures may be provided to us in a high resolution when we are willing to restore them..
  •  Info created by J.E. (Julius Eduard) Muller (Fotograaf/photographer). - uploaded by Durova - nominated by GerardM


Granman Jankoeso of the Saramkaner Maroon with his captains in the garden of the "Gouvernementsgebouw" in Paramaribo. This picture has been restored in anticipation of a collection by the Royal Institute for the Tropics / Tropenmuseum. This picture is now officially uploaded in a low resolution here. This represents the practice where pictures may be provided to us in a high resolution when we are willing to restore them.. -- GerardM (talk) 22:53, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Support -- GerardM (talk) 22:53, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Durova (talk) 22:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Something went awry with the restoration process IMO. It looks as if a raster pattern was introduced (or half-toning amplified??) by the restoration. Moreover, while certainly valuable as a historical document, as a photograph it has some shortcomings (such as the crop on the right). Lycaon (talk) 09:43, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  CommentThis picture was selected for a press release about the cooperation between the Tropenmuseum and the Wikimedia Foundation. The picture was digitised at high resolution to make a restoration possible. The granman can be understood to be on the same level as a president. The tiff that was created is available for your information so you can see for yourself what the starting material is.
This is important material and, it is even important for Commons one other reason why it deserves consideration as a featured picture. Thanks, GerardM (talk) 10:04, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that side info, but that doesn't address any of my concerns. Lycaon (talk) 10:07, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This was definitely not a halftoned original. Perhaps Lycaon misidentifies the print surface texture that was picked up during rephotography? Durova (talk) 02:10, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Agree with Lycaon. /Daniel78 (talk) 21:10, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Often, people complain about missing metadata (e.g. species id) of candidates. Here, not even the year in which this was taken is given. Since by today's standards, the quality is quite bad, it matters whether the picture is from 1880 or from 1930, that latter being "oppose" territory as we know that much higher quality was possible even then. The restoration is good as usual, of course, but the composition and crop are unimpressive. I'll just abstain for now. -- JovanCormac 07:48, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 10:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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