Commons:Featured picture candidates/PlayaForteSaoMateo2-CaboFrio-Brasil-feb2016-1.jpg

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File:PlayaForteSaoMateo2-CaboFrio-Brasil-feb2016-1.jpg, not featured[edit]

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✓ Done --Ezarateesteban 00:48, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest other one. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 00:59, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
done, thanks!!! --Ezarateesteban 01:07, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Please, remove the cut off hill on the horizon at the right. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 01:20, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
done --Ezarateesteban 01:26, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I  Support now. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 01:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: at this point it would be beyond unlikely that enough support !votes would emerge to offset all these opposes Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

Daniel Case (talk) 05:15, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was unaware of that rule; I would like to see it linked. But Colin stated my reasoning for essentially mercy-killing this nom as well as I could. (and the diff Be..anyone linked to says nothing about this rule). Daniel Case (talk) 05:07, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Where's COM:IAR when you need it? INeverCry 05:49, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ikan I don't like citing IAR since it can often be misused but yes, a wiki can afford to be flexible. We don't need rules for everything. Most nominators would have withdrawn by now, so this kind of "mercy killing" is fairly rare. -- Colin (talk) 07:39, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to fight this any further, because I see the sense in your position, but I'm surprised by unawareness of the rule on the part of regulars. It's right on this page, at "Featured picture candidate policy/General rules". Rule 9: Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator. There really is no ambiguity there. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:01, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. But I think some flexibility was required here, due to the age of the nomination and the amount of opposes, again as Colin has said. Daniel Case (talk) 01:53, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ikan, I'm fully aware of the "rules". This isn't the first time this has been done, though. I seem to recall Jebulon doing it, and he's been around here forever. The point of IAR, is that regardless of what the rules say, is there actually a problem here? If not, why cause so much grief. Just let it be. -- Colin (talk) 07:02, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I thought we were just having a discussion. I didn't realize I was causing grief. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:10, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The grief affects good faith nominations, abuses of FPX as referenced above, other known FPX abuses by among others you, and one case of vandalism by a 'crat. –Be..anyone 💩 02:00, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose Per opposers. But the FPX is not appropriate here: we have two supports.--Jebulon (talk) 21:33, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well I don't know what Be..anyone is smoking but the only "abuse" I see here is the pile-on of oppose votes. So much argument about "rules", which helps nobody. The "rules" aren't going to make this picture into an FP. The point of IAR is that if you find yourself arguing with fellow Commoners about following rules for the sake of following rules, you are not helping. -- Colin (talk) 08:30, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 2 support, 7 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 08:12, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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