Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:35wBridgecollapse.gif

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Image:35wBridgecollapse.gif, not featured[edit]

The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapsing on August 1, 2007. This was caught by a surveillance camera near the southwest corner of the bridge, overlooking the Lower Saint Anthony Falls Lock.

  •  Info created by United States Army Corps of Engineers - uploaded by Anetode - nominated by Kulshrax --KULSHRAX 17:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --KULSHRAX 17:12, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Although this image is of low resolution and quality, it captures a historical moment excellently. This is the only known footage of the bridge's collapse, and that should be taken into account when rating this picture. It has huge historical significance and cannot be replicated, and I feel that those are strong, migrating reasons. KULSHRAX 17:17, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Mbz1 17:47, 4 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1[reply]
  •  Support Beacuse of strong, migrating reasons. --Digon3 talk 17:54, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose far too small, I can hardly see what's happening. Lycaon 18:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Well, I don't really see anything that can be done to fix that now, unless more footage surfaces, but this is the only know footage of the event, and footage of this kind is extremely rare, so I feel that it is acceptable, because it is possible the the security camera that caught this footage could only produce this resolution. Also, when you think about it, it is remarkable that this is in color, because the majority of security cameras are in black and white. KULSHRAX 18:59, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose agree with lycaon, I also can't see the "huge historical significance" of this event. It's really great to have this video here on commons but that doesn't mean it has to be featured, there are tons of pictures that are unique here. -- Gorgo 00:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I mean, people still talk about the Tay Bridge disaster (Victorian era), and various other fallen bridges. I can't help but think that this will be similar, at least in its local area. Adam Cuerden 01:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose It is really extraordinary, but I think a bridge disaster not have enough historical value to counterweight the low resolution and bad composition. Sorry --Beyond silence 02:29, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't see any reasons why this animation should be a FP. --AngMoKio 11:04, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose agree with lycaon --Donarreiskoffer 11:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support At the moment, the rules (guidelines) say that FP is about valuable pictures. This is clearly an important image, and a valuable image. If this nomination fails, then I suggest we change the written guidelines to make it clear that we want pretty pictures, and that things like historical value are nice to have, but not as important as being pretty. Regards, Ben Aveling 23:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I think too the value is more important than being pretty. But I am not agree with you, this isn't a very important image. A war, an invention or revolution changes the history, and has a historical value. A bridge collapse is terrible, but don't change the going of world - to being terrible don't more than being pretty! --Beyond silence 00:13, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
result: 7 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral =>not featured. Simonizer 07:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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