Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Shakespeare's King John at Drury Lane Theatre.jpg

File:Shakespeare's King John at Drury Lane Theatre.jpg, featured

Voting period ends on 23 Jun 2009 at 11:06:08

•  Info created by The Illustrated London News - uploaded and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:06, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:06, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Comment A bit busy at present, so I'll throw up some work I prepared already, if noone minds. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:06, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Question - Why, of all the engravings/b&w illustrations available, do you think this one is deserving of FP status? Seriously. Downtowngal (talk) 18:42, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Because it illustrates a lavish production of a Shakespearian play that it is very hard to find encyclopedic images of, has good artistic merit, and Commons being meant to provide images to various-language Wikipedias, amongst other things, Commons FPC should surely attempt to point out highly useful images on rare subjects, if the quality is there. If you don't like this engraving, that's fine, but can you please try not to be unhelpfully flippant: You haven't said anything helpful as to why you dislike this one. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

 Comment I was not being flippant, and I apologize if you interpreted my question that way. Take it at face value. There is an enormous number of copyright-free 19th century images available, and I assumed you had a rationale for choosing this one to suggest as an FP. Your answer that it's rare to find an encyclopedic image of this play is what I was looking for. Downtowngal (talk) 17:14, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry. I read the "Seriously." as half-mocking, when I now see you just meant it as, well, indicating you didnt understnd and seriously wanted an answer. I think it's because I grew up in the nineties =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:20, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

•  Support--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 11:22, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Support This one is really nice, Adam. And, of course, of your usual standard! Maedin\^talk 11:46, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Support --Aqwis (talk) 20:53, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Yann (talk) 00:02, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Zyephyrus (talk) 08:19, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

result: 6 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Maedin\talk 11:43, 23 June 2009 (UTC)