Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Lithodes.santolla.JPG

File:Lithodes.santolla.JPG, not featured

Voting period ends on 26 Aug 2009 at 12:45:05

•  Info created and uploaded by Butterfly voyages - nominated by Sarcastic ShockwaveLover -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 12:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support -- Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 12:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support Perfect --George Chernilevsky (talk) 13:46, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support You don't see that animal every day - in fact, I've never seen it before. -- JovanCormac 15:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support I have never seen it either, in fact, until I saw comment(JovanCormac), I thought it was a starfish and didn't examine closer. Now I have, and I fully support. Julielangford (talk) 17:22, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose Great quality, but the crab is probably dead. The King crabs do not come to shore usually.--Two+two=4 (talk) 17:25, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
• Can anyone tell me how big it is? That isn't mentioned in the image description, nor in the WP article. -- JovanCormac 17:27, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
  • I'd love to know myself, but sadly Wiki is the only site my office doesn't block. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 17:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
    • Just found something via Google: 19 cm carapace length (I guess that's just the body), 8 kg weight. -- JovanCormac 20:06, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support I don't care whether the crab is dead or not, its a great image. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

This image gives a false impression of a crab photographed in its natural habitat. The fact that the crab is dead should be added to the description of the image.--Two+two=4 (talk) 21:00, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

 Done I've added a note to the description. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:24, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

•  Info the mean objective of this picture is scientific that is why I applied it to be evaluated by the people like a valued image because it's unique not only in Commons... Here (Features pictures) Dead or alive this King crab is not the issue. The subjet is if this picture is featured or not. There are many other scientific pictures with dead animals, aren't there ? My objective is to offer scientists the possibilty to see in details this animal. Otherwise, if this animal is under water it can not easily be seen in details. Precision : the color of this animal is clear and real, its size is about 60 cm in total. More precision in fr:wp. In fact, it is not its natural habitat, but it is better there on shore than on a dish at restaurant without its shell !!!--Butterfly voyages (talk) 22:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Cannot agree that "it is better there on shore than on a dish". If it were "on a dish" there would not have been any doubts the crab is dead. The nominated image tries to pretend that the crab is alive, which is a false information for encyclopedia. I strongly believe that the info that the crab is a dead one should be added to the description of the image.--Two+two=4 (talk) 23:48, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni => thanks and I changed it into french too ; @Two+two => I apologise for the phrase "...on the dish" but it was meant to be a joke (this crab is very very very delicious !!!!!). Anyway, the biologists agree with this picture and of course they are well aware the animal is dead. At the beginning I didn't know whether to specify this in the description or not. Now I hope you change your vote.--Butterfly voyages (talk) 03:21, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

•  Support --Butterfly voyages (talk) 22:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support   ■ MMXX^talk  19:44, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose as Two+two=4 . For 'scientific purposes' a neutral background would have done de job much better. Lycaon (talk) 14:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Welcome back Lycaon. You missed one. Sarcastic ShockwaveLover (talk) 18:27, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
  •  Comment @ Lycaon. Scientists have been working with this pictures for more than a year... no only on Commons ! Wheter there is a neutral background or not it is not the problem for them and I don't understand your argument here but I could understand your vote with only the criterias of features images. Thanks--Butterfly voyages (talk) 21:44, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
    • The fact that I oppose for FP does not mean it is a bad picture for illustrating the species. I would support for VI if all criteria are met. Lycaon (talk) 21:21, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose Just a crab.--Claus (talk) 19:43, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
  •  Info @ Claus : This" just " crab is a Southern King Crab (Lithodes santolla) --Butterfly voyages (talk) 21:44, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Lycaon. —kallerna™ 10:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Support difficult to get a better picture --Mbdortmund (talk) 20:51, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
•  Oppose -- Well, maybe this crab, or the place where it was found found, are interesting scientifically. But the image is not good enough by itself to be featured. The worse for me is the shooting position -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:00, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /FPCBot (talk) 20:37, 26 August 2009 (UTC)