Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Ursa Major2.jpg

Image:Ursa Major2.jpg, featured

•  Info created by Sidney Hall - uploaded by Durova - nominated by Durova. Restored version of Image:Ursa Major.jpg. -- Durova (talk) 17:28, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Support -- Durova (talk) 17:28, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Very nice! -- Massimo Catarinella (talk) 17:39, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Support--Sensl (talk) 17:41, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Perfectly! -- Djuneyt_tr (talk) 17:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Support Matma Rex (talk) 19:27, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose I really regret that I can't support this very nice document, but sharpness is not crisp, and the editing created some noise. Sorry... -- MJJR (talk) 20:23, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
  •  Comment I added an edited version here: (sharpened, rotated, black border removed). ~ trialsanderrors (talk) 22:11, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
    • I like your edit and would support either. Would you mind including the identification key? Durova (talk) 01:24, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
      • Oh go right ahead. ~ trialsanderrors (talk) 09:22, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Info Just a side note on authorship: Sidney Hall was merely the etcher of the cards. The original appeared in a box of 32 cards called Urania's Mirror, attributed to "A Lady". As it turned out, this "lady" was Reverend Richard Rouse Bloxam of Rugby, England, who hid behind the pseudonym likely to avoid charges of plagiarism. Oh and the box set has been reprinted by Barnes & Noble in 2004. ~ trialsanderrors (talk) 09:22, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
  • 29 of the images are available in high resolution scans through the Library of Congress. This was an independent restoration. Durova (talk) 23:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Support either. ~ trialsanderrors (talk) 09:22, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Support-- DarkAp89  Commons 21:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
•  Oppose Mediocre quality. Lycaon (talk) 23:34, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

result: 7 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. --Tintero (talk) 18:02, 28 August 2008 (UTC)