Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Homeless on bench.jpg

File:Homeless on bench.jpg, featured

Voting period ends on 3 Jun 2009 at 15:10:03

•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by -- Tomascastelazo (talk) 15:10, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomascastelazo (talk) 15:10, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose - Nice, but where's the rest of him? This looks like half of a good photograph. Downtowngal (talk) 19:12, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
  •  Comment It is an abstraction of homelessness, poverty... a partial view tells all.... poverty is faceless... have your mind see the rest.... --Tomascastelazo (talk) 19:37, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
  •  Neutral - I understand your argument, and I don't want my taste to stand in the way of a good photo getting FP. Downtowngal (talk) 20:13, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Support I like it. It is a strong photo. --Slaunger (talk) 22:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:53, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Good photo. Lycaon (talk) 05:09, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose I thought Wikimedia was a resource of information, so why should i have to use my 'mind to see the rest'? Surely the photo would be better if it documented the whole homeless man? Will retract this if a good argument is returned --Tom dl (talk) 18:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
  •  CommentIMO out of courtesy for the individual depicted, and because we do not need the rest of the person for clearly illustrating the premises of homelessness and poverty. Not seeing the complete person brings a sense of tension and curiosity for the viewer, and stimulates imagination. Have a close look at the condition of the feet and its nails, see the worn texture of the filthy trousers - it tells you all there is to tell of the lack of resources for this particular individual. I think such a type of photo has an impact on the viewer, which depends a lot on the cultural background, and personal preferences. Perhaps not as objectively informational as if the entire person had been there, but the impact on the viewer is larger. --Slaunger (talk) 18:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
  •  Comment - I think this picture illustrates strong and beautifully the abstract concept of poverty, without having to personalize the human subject. Even if if were to be evaluated under the strict encyclopaedic critera of Wikipedia (at WP:FPC), it would pass the test IMO. Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:46, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
    •  Info -- Picture was nominated at WP:Featured picture candidates -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:43, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
  •  Comment It's pictures like this which make me think of humanity, and how interconnected we all are when we strip away our individual differences and barriers of race and rank and allegiance. If this were a whole human, you would see that he is a dirty man who looks like no one you know, and no one that you would want to know. But in this view, you see the hair on his legs . . . quite a lot like yours, perhaps, and the veins in his feet, carrying blood for him as well as the rest of us. I think it's very powerful to move to detail, because sometimes it can get around our own subconscious barriers better than "the whole story" can. Maedin\^talk 19:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
  •  Support - I'm convinced. You've changed my mind, so it gets my vote - can't believe I ever opposed now! --Tom dl (talk) 14:58, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Support We don't need to see the face to get the feelings... Yann (talk) 16:40, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Support - what a strong image - Peripitus (talk) 22:26, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose Nothing special. —kallerna™ 14:59, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose ↑ see above me (Kallerna) ↑ --kaʁstn 19:43, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Support This picture talks! --SvonHalenbach (talk) 09:25, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose interesting, but nothing special --Pudelek (talk) 10:40, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Nothing extra, but good enough. --Karel (talk) 21:42, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose nothing special, sorry --ianaré (talk) 06:27, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

result: 9 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral => featured. Maedin\talk 15:34, 3 June 2009 (UTC)