Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Vasco da Gama entrega a carta do rei Dom Manuel I de Portugal ao Samorim de Calicute.jpg

Image:Vasco da Gama entrega a carta do rei Dom Manuel I de Portugal ao Samorim de Calicute.jpg, not featured

•  Info created by John D. Morris & Company - uploaded by Dantadd - nominated by Dantadd

•  Support --Dantadd✉ 12:00, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Comment - The title reads Vasco da Gama delivers to the Calicute's "Samorim" (king?) the letter from King Manuel I of Portugal. For this picture to be valuable to Wikimedia projects some explanation about the painting (author, date, place of original, etc) and the episode it depicts are essential. The file contains none. Also, it is an obvious scan of a book. - Alvesgaspar 22:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Comment a poor quality scan of a book and no explanations are provided about the painting - Alvesgaspar 22:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

This is a curious allegation, I'm sure you did not take enough time to study this work. This is NOT a scan of a book, it's a photomechanical print, and it's NOT a painting. This is a very valuble, high quality and beautiful engraving and all the information is on the file description: "Vasco da Gama delivers the letter of King Manuel I of Portugal to the Samorim (Saamoothiri) of Calicut." I cannot explain on Commons what is the Saamoothiri, that's why there's a link to the respective Wikipedia article in two languages. Dantadd✉ 22:55, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

•  Comment I don't agree with Alvesgaspar's assessment so I have removed the FPX template. The origin of the file is here Lycaon 09:59, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
•  Support--Mbz1 13:14, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Mbz1
•  Support --Luc Viatour 15:28, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

result: 3 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 18:28, 4 September 2007 (UTC)